Fundamental Chemistry
A fundamental understanding of chemistry will give chromatographers better insight into the chemical process which occur during sample preparation and chromatographic separation.
Topics include:
- The atom
- Ionic bonding
- Covalent bonding
- Organic chemistry
- Other important elements
- Intermolecular bonding
- Functional groups and molecular properties
- Hydrophobic or non-polar groups
- Hydrophobic interactions - solubility
- Polar groups
- Polar interactions - solubility
- Ionic groups
- Ionic groups - pH
- Ionic groups - Ka and pKa
- Ionic groups - ionic strength
- Ionic interactions - solubility
- Chelating groups
- Chelating interactions - solubility
- Common functional groups
- Acids and bases
