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Course, academic year 2013/2014
  
Principles of Laboratory Instrumentation - N444029
Title: Laboratorní a přístrojová technika
Guaranteed by: Department of Physics and Measurement (444)
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Actual: from 2013 to 2014
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:6
E-Credits: winter s.:6
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/3, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Additional information: http://ufmt.vscht.cz/cs/elektronicke-pomucky.html
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Kopecký Dušan doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Fitl Přemysl Ing. Ph.D.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course is designed as a cross-section of physical principles, methodologies, measurement devices and sensors used in laboratories to measure the following variables: light intensity, vibration, moisture in gases, liquids and solids, weight, vacuum, hardness, roughness and surface profile, electrical quantities, electric and electromagnetic fields and ionizing radiation. Students will also learn about the virtual measuring devices for easy data reading from experiments.
Last update: Kopecký Dušan (02.07.2013)
Aim of the course -

Students will be able to:

Select the appropriate tools and equipments to deal with their diploma thesis or practice tasks.

Connect, setup and use a wide range of laboratory instruments.

Construct a simple virtual measuring device and read data from the experiments.

Last update: Kopecký Dušan (02.07.2013)
Course completion requirements -

Passing a written and oral examination.

Last update: Kopecký Dušan (02.07.2013)
Literature -

R: Stephen A. Dyer, Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 2001, 0-471-39484-X

R: Béla G. Lipták, Instruments Engineers' Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003, 0-8493-1083-0

Last update: Fialová Jana (26.09.2013)
Teaching methods -

Lectures and laboratories. Individual project.

Last update: Kopecký Dušan (02.07.2013)
Requirements to the exam -

Written and oral examination.

Last update: Kopecký Dušan (02.07.2013)
Syllabus -

1. Measurement of conditions of the laboratory experiment: Variables affecting measurement accuracy. General methods of pressure measurement and temperature data loggers. Influence of the atmosphere composition on experiment, measurement of flow velocity and humidity. Measurement of light intensity, photometers, colorimeters. Measurement of vibration, accelerometers. Noise measurements.

2. Humidity measurement in gases: Theory, units. Psychrometry, optical and vibrational hygrometers, the use of adiabatic expansion, electrolytic sensors. Dilatation, resistive, capacitive hygrometers and resonant sensors. Spectral techniques (UV, VIS, IR, microwaves).

3. Humidity measurement in liquids and solids: Chemical methods, Karl Fisher titration, automatic titrators. Determination of water content by drying. Thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis for the determination of moisture. Lyophilization. Separation methods (distillation, decantation, extraction, chromatography). Spectral methods. Conductivity method and capacitive sensors. Microwave and neutron moderation method.

4. Weighing: Theory, units. Lever, spring, cantilever and torsion balance. Strain, piezoelectric, inductive and magnetoelastic weight. Optical and capacitive sensors weights. Microbalance, balances based on QCM or SAW sensor. The use of atomic force microscopy for measuring of small masses. Hydraulic and pneumatic weight. Industrial scales.

5. Measurement of time, frequency and phase: Devices and circuits for frequency measurement. Counters. Oscillators. Atomic clocks. Time synchronization devices.

6. Vacuum apparatuses: Types and operating principles of vacuum pumps. Mechanical pumps (oil and oil-free rotary, turbomolecular, membrane and Roots). Diffusion pump. Sorption and condensation pumps. Measurement of vacuum, gauges. Leak detectors.

7. Instruments for measuring of electrical quantities: General instruments for measurement of voltage, current and resistance (digital multimeters, ohmmeters). Electrometers. Oscilloscopes. Bridge meters for measurement of capacity and induction. Impedance analyzers. Function generators. Amplifiers. Connection methods and limits for use.

8. Methods for measurement of electrical parameters: measurement of electric charge (in volume, on the surface, in the area). Methods for measurement of electrical current, inductance, capacitance and voltage. Measurement of electrical power.

9. Measurement of electrical conductivity in solids: Two-point and four-point method. Van der Pauw method.

10. Measurement of electromagnetic and magnetic fields: Sensors of electric and magnetic fields. Optical sensors. Measurement wavelength. Photodetectors, longwave radiation detectors. Hall effect and Hall effect sensor.

11. Measurement of ionizing radiation: Sources of radiation. Ionization detectors.

12. Apparatus for surface characterization: Measurement of hardness. Measurement of surface roughness. Profilers, atomic force microscopy. Optical methods for measuring of the layer thickness. Ellipsometry.

13. Calibration devices: Devices for generation of defined concentration of gases and vapors.

14. Collection and processing of experimental data: Virtual instrumentation. Software equipment.

Last update: Fialová Jana (26.09.2013)
Learning resources -

http://ufmt.vscht.cz/cs/elektronicke-pomucky.html

Last update: Kopecký Dušan (02.07.2013)
Registration requirements -

Physics I

Last update: TAJ444 (03.10.2013)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Konzultace s vyučujícími 0.5 14
Účast v laboratořích (na exkurzi nebo praxi) 1.5 42
Obhajoba individuálního projektu 0.5 14
Účast na přednáškách 1 28
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 0.5 14
Práce na individuálním projektu 1 28
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 1 28
6 / 6 168 / 168
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Regular attendance 10
Defense of an individual project 20
Report from individual projects 10
Examination test 30
Oral examination 30

 
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