Unit 1

👉Pharmaceutical analysis

• Definition and scope
• Different techniques of analysis
• Methods of expressing concentration
• Primary and secondary standards.
• Preparation and standardization of various molar and normal solutions- Oxalic acid, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, sodium thiosulphate, sulphuric acid, potassium permanganate and ceric ammonium sulphate

👉Errors: 

Sources of errors, types of errors, methods of minimizing errors, accuracy, precision and significant figures

👉Pharmacopoeia, Sources of impurities in medicinal agents, limit tests.

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Unit 2

👉Acid base titration

Theories of acid base indicators, classification of acid base titrations and theory involved in titrations of strong, weak, and very weak acids and bases, neutralization curves

👉Non aqueous titration

Solvents, acidimetry and alkalimetry titration and estimation of Sodium benzoate and Ephedrine  HCl

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Unit 3

👉Precipitation titrations

Mohr’s method, Volhard’s, Modified Volhard’s, Fajans method, estimation of sodium chloride.

👉Complexometric titration

Classification, metal ion indicators, masking and demasking reagents, estimation of Magnesium sulphate, and calcium gluconate.

👉Gravimetry

Principle and steps involved in gravimetric analysis. Purity of the precipitate: co-precipitation and post precipitation, Estimation of barium sulphate.

👉Basic Principles, methods and application of diazotization titration. Estimation of sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate.

Precipitation titrations

Complexometric titration

Unit 4

👉Redox titrations

• Concepts of oxidation and reduction
• Types of redox titrations (Principles and applications)

👉Cerimetry, Iodimetry, Iodometry, Bromatometry, Dichrometry, Titration with potassium iodate

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Unit 5

Electrochemical methods of analysis

👉Conductometry 

Introduction, Conductivity cell, Conductometric titrations, applications.

👉Potentiometry 

Electrochemical cell, construction and working of reference (Standard hydrogen, silver chloride electrode and calomel electrode) and indicator electrodes (metal electrodes and glass electrodes), methods to determine end point of potentiometric titration and applications.

👉Polarography

Principle, Ilkovic equation, construction and working of dropping mercury electrode and rotating platinum electrode, applications.

Conductometry 

Potentiometry

Polarography