INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS.
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS.
Data Domains - ANS The various modes of encoding information
Signal - ANS contains the desired information about the analyte; "the stuff we want to know"
Noise - ANS the extraneous information we do not want
Noise - ANS Is always present and can never be completely eliminated
Noise - ANS The effect of noise on a measurement becomes larger as the analyte response
decreases in magnitude
Chemical Noise - ANS uncontrollable variables that affect the chemistry of the system being
analyzed. (Temperature, pressure, humidity, light intensity, fumes)
Instrumental Noise - ANS a complex composite of noises that arise from the various
electronic components of an instrument.
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, Thermal Noise - ANS caused by random thermal fluctuations which agitate the movement of
the charge carriers (or electrons) within the electronic circuits=random current fluctuations
which eventually get digitized by ADC.
Environmental Noise - ANS Composite of different forms of noise that arise from the
surrounding...(not including Thermal noise)
Environmental Noise - ANS Instruments are also susceptible to vibrations which can cause
components to vibrate, causing detected signals to fluctuate which get digitized.
S/N Enhancement - ANS As the need for sensitivity and precision of an instrumental method
increases, S/N becomes the limiting factor in the quality of a measurement.
Hardware - ANS Mechanical components; remove noise without affecting the signal too
much.
Software - ANS computer algorithms that extract signals from noisy data.
Hardware devices - ANS common sense, grounding and shielding, analog filtering (most
common methods for improving S/N), Modulation
Modulation-Chopper - ANS converts low frequency signal to high frequency signal.
Modulation- Chopper - ANS low frequency noise; low frequency signal
Ensemble Averaging - ANS Taking measurements multiple time and then averaging them to
reduce noise; taking multiple spectrum and averaging to produce one spectrum
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QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS.
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS.
Data Domains - ANS The various modes of encoding information
Signal - ANS contains the desired information about the analyte; "the stuff we want to know"
Noise - ANS the extraneous information we do not want
Noise - ANS Is always present and can never be completely eliminated
Noise - ANS The effect of noise on a measurement becomes larger as the analyte response
decreases in magnitude
Chemical Noise - ANS uncontrollable variables that affect the chemistry of the system being
analyzed. (Temperature, pressure, humidity, light intensity, fumes)
Instrumental Noise - ANS a complex composite of noises that arise from the various
electronic components of an instrument.
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, Thermal Noise - ANS caused by random thermal fluctuations which agitate the movement of
the charge carriers (or electrons) within the electronic circuits=random current fluctuations
which eventually get digitized by ADC.
Environmental Noise - ANS Composite of different forms of noise that arise from the
surrounding...(not including Thermal noise)
Environmental Noise - ANS Instruments are also susceptible to vibrations which can cause
components to vibrate, causing detected signals to fluctuate which get digitized.
S/N Enhancement - ANS As the need for sensitivity and precision of an instrumental method
increases, S/N becomes the limiting factor in the quality of a measurement.
Hardware - ANS Mechanical components; remove noise without affecting the signal too
much.
Software - ANS computer algorithms that extract signals from noisy data.
Hardware devices - ANS common sense, grounding and shielding, analog filtering (most
common methods for improving S/N), Modulation
Modulation-Chopper - ANS converts low frequency signal to high frequency signal.
Modulation- Chopper - ANS low frequency noise; low frequency signal
Ensemble Averaging - ANS Taking measurements multiple time and then averaging them to
reduce noise; taking multiple spectrum and averaging to produce one spectrum
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