PřF:C6110 Env. An. Chem. - In. Poll. - Course Information
C6110 Environmental Analytical Chemistry - Inorganic Pollutants
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Josef Komárek, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Machát, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Josef Komárek, DrSc. - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:50 409-stara KAM1
- Prerequisites
- Introductory course on Analytical Chemistry or an equivalent
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, B-CH)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Ekotoxikology)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course, students should be able to: - understand the types of samples of environment and method of inorganic analysis - choose suitable sampling technique - outline parameters important for treatment of sample of waters, atmosphere, soils and biological materials - compare capacities for methods for the determination of inorganic pollutants in the environment - propose suitable analytical procedure and method for practical application
- Syllabus
- 1. Sample types, calibration standards, reference materials, precision and accuracy of analytical results.
- 2. Water - primary and secondary pollution, monitors. Water sampling from rivers and brooks, reservoirs, lakes and ponds, oceans, springs and wells, sampling of rainwater, snow and ice, waste water, sampling equipment, samples preservation.
- 3. Neutralization capacity, chemical oxygen demand, determination of lead, cadmium, mercury and other metals, determination of nitrates ((ISE, ion chromatography, photometry, absorption in UV region, capillary electrophoresis), determination of phosphates.
- 4. Determination of nitrites, sulphites, sulphates, fluorides, chlorides, cyanides. Determination of dissolved oxygen, chlorine, ammonia. Preconcentration techniques, solvent extraction, sorption onto active carbon, ion exchange, electrodialysis.
- 5. Flow injection analysis, dispersion, FIA systems. Preconcentration on chelating sorbents. Flow extraction system, segmentor, phase separator.
- 6. Atmosphere - composition, sampling (sampling bags, syringes, impactors, denuder, passive samplers), determination of SO2.
- 7. Determination of SO3, H2S, NOx, NH3, CO and O3.
- 8. Determination of fluorine compounds (ISE, ion chromatography), solid dust particles, filters and their treatment, metals in atmosphere.
- 9. LIDAR distance detection, laser, optics, detectors, arrangement, application.
- 10. Soils - sampling, sample preparation, contaminants in soils, determination of Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu.
- 11. Biological materials - sampling, sample treatment, sample homogenization, drying. High temperature dry ashing, muffle furnace, radio frequency plasma.
- 12. Decomposition of biological materials, wet treatment, oxidising mineral acids at normal pressure, high pressure digestion, microwave oven, Fenton's reagent. Photolytic decomposition.
- Literature
- REEVE, R. N. Environmental Analysis. J. D. Barnes, Ed. Chichester: J. Wiley & Sons, 1994, 263 s. Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning (Series). ISBN 0-471-93833-5. info
- POPL, Milan and Jan FÄHNRICH. Analytická chemie životního prostředí. 2. rozš. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1992, 238 s. ISBN 80-7080-165-4. info
- FIFIELD, F. W. and P. J. HAINES. Environmental Analytical Chemistry. (Eds.). London: Blackie Academic & Professional, 1995. ISBN 0-7514-0052-1. info
- Teaching methods
- Education is performed as lectures with Powerpoint presentation. Understanding of sampling technique, treatment of samples of waters, atmosphere, soils and biological materials, methods for the determination of inorganic pollutants and the use in practical analysis is emphasized.
- Assessment methods
- Final assessment (at the end of semester) is by oral examination. The exam consists in four questions, which require description and explanation of asked topic.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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