Separation Methods

Students will get acquainted with the position of separation methods within the system of scientific cognition of material reality and their essential need in generation of interpretable analytical signal. Objective is taught through a unified approach based on the concept of transport and distribution phenomena, which are applied in many modern separation methods. Separation methods are often the basis of chemical analysis methods. They are also base for qualitative evidence and quantitative measurement of characteristics or determination of chemical substances utilized in various human activities and related control, e.g., technological product analysis, bioanalysis, environmental analysis, clinical analysis, and diagnostics, etc. Students will gain information about the classification of analytical, preparative, and industrial separation processes and methods. The course also includes calculations in the field of separation sciences and solving case studies from social practice, which are discussed in the media.

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