This course can only be followed after the general lab skills training has been successfully completed.
This training course provides an opportunity to learn different techniques to determine inorganic matter, like minerals and soil compounds. The student will be introduced to XRD, XRF analysis, TGA, digestions, ICP/OES (or as the student wants to learn). These techniques are explained and the students will be trained in the technique implemented in his/her MSc research phase.
The students is welcome to bring samples for MSc research to practice and measure, so they can be ultimately used as data set for his/her MSc thesis.
Also in this course, the student will learn how to perform statistical analysis on the results of lab experiments, and how to convert received data to the required concentrations. Throughout the course you will be challenged to continuously monitor the quality of your experiments.