14MHKK11 - Non destructive elemental analysis of samples

Course specification
Course title		Non destructive elemental analysis of samples
Acronym		14MHKK11
Study programme		Chemical engineering
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Antonije Onjia
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		4.0	Status
Condition		/	Облик условљености
The goal		Knowledge related to the application of an analytical method for elemental analysis of raw materials, semoproducts, final products. Knowledge related to non-destructive quntitative and qualitative simultaneous analysis of elements and their oxides in different matrix (1): solid, liquid and powder; (2) different origins: industrial (raw materials, semoproducts, final products), metallurgical, geological, archaeological, anthropological, environmental (sediment, soil, water, heavy metals from gases collected on filters) biological, as well as in food, ranging from F-fluorine (atomic number 9) to the U-uranium (atomic number 90).
The outcome		Students of the master study should know to use and work on a new non-destructive measurement technique, ED-XRF, which is widely used in research, manufacturing, testing and control of samples with different backgrounds. The instrument calibration with standards, reading measured spectra and data analysis. ; ;
Contents
Contents of lectures		SECTION I: Basic in X-Ray Fluorescence, Physics of X-Rays, Properties of X-Rays, The Origin of X-Rays, Bohr’s Atomic Model, X-Ray Emission and Characteristic Emission. X-Ray Production Sources:X-Ray Tubes. Detectors. Interactions of X-Ray with matter. Spectrum evaluation. Influence on Detection Limits. SECTION II: General sample preparation: solids, powders, thin films, liquids. SECTION III: Quantitative Analysis-Detection limits, Matrix effects, Particle-size effects, Mineralogical effects, Surface effects.
Contents of exercises		Calibration and data processing in relation to the standard of a different kind of pattern: solid, liquid, powdery, thin film. Sampling, different sample preparation:environmental-soil, sediment, industrial, geological, archaeological and processing. ED-XRF analysis: finding the most suitable measurement conditions, depending on the concentration of oxide and individual elements in stadard and in the sample, depending on the type of sample and the expected concentrations of the studied elements and their oxides. Reading charts, and analysis of results. Checking the accuracy of the measurement.
Literature
M.S. Shackley (ed.), X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) in Geoarchaeology, ; DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6886-9_2, Springer, LLC 2011. ; С. Billets XRF Technologies for Measuring Trace Elements in Soil and Sediment, USA, EPA, Washington, DC, 2006. Hans A. van Sprang, FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETER METHODS IN XRF SPECTROSCOPY, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2000. Sampling, storage and sample preparation procedures for X ray fluorescence analysis ; of environmental materials, IAEA-TECDOC-9SO, 1997 ;
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2		2
Methods of teaching		Lectures (the classic way, PPT presentation), colloquium (one), homework (one). Experimental exercises: 10 LAB.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		5	Test paper	60
Practical lessons		10	Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia		20
Seminars		5