Forensic Chemistry
Code
7916
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Química
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Ana Maria Ferreira da Costa Lourenço
Weekly hours
3
Total hours
45
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The student should be able to acquire competences in the research area of forensic chemistry and the comprehension of how some of the most important families of xenobiotics behave.
Subject matter
I - Framework
Statistics, Sampling, Quality of results
Quality control
II - Essential Elements
Preparation of samples, analyses and instrumentation,immunoassays
III - Drug Analysis
Drugs and Pharmacology
Forensic analysis of drugs
Base drugs
IV – Chemical analysis of physical evidence
The chemistry of combustion - arson, explosion, shooting
V - Drugs in sports
Evaluation method
Evaluation is made by two tests along the semester or a final exam plus the classification of the laboratory performance, the report and the note of two of the experimental work.