Subject Code: ES5L415 Subject Name: Analytical Methods in Geosciences L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Concepts in analytical chemistry; Classical and rapid methods of analyses; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Inductively coupled plasma-atomic absorption spectrometry; X-ray fluorescence analysis; Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry; X-ray diffraction analysis; micro beam and surface analysis techniques; neutron activation analysis, mass-spectrometry.

 Text/ Reference Books:
  1. Potts, P.J., A Handbook of Silicate Rock Analysis, Springer.
  2. Thompson, M. and Walsh, J.N., A Handbook of Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry, Chapman and Hall.
  3. Van Loon, J.C., Analytical Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Academic Press.
  4. Jeffery, P.G. and Hutchinson, D., Chemical Methods of Rock Analysis, Butterworth-Heinemann.