CHE412

Questions

a)Withsuitableexamples,justifywhytheresultsofananalysisareasgood
asthesample (5)

b) Discuss why it is much easier to handle a standard sample as compared

to a real sample (5)

c) Sampling indoors presents an analytical challenge. Discuss some of the

challenges associated with indoor air sampling (5)

d)Brieflydescribetheextractionprinciplesforthefollowingsample
preparationtechniques?
(i) Liquidliquidextraction
ii) Solidphaseextraction(SPE)
(iii) Solidphasemicroextraction(SPME)
(iv) Soxhletextraction

e) Describehowyoucandecomposeofsolidsamples (4)

f) Defineasupercriticalfluid?

g) WhataretheadvantagesofSFEcomparedtoAcceleratedsolvent
extraction?