COURSE OBJECTIVE
Introducing students to the steps of the analytical procedure (sampling, separation, measurement and evaluation of results), modern analytical techniques and their application in the analysis of complex samples from the environment.
COURSE PROGRAM
Week 1: Analytical system. Environmental sampling.
Week 2: Preparation of the sample for analysis.
Week 3: Modern methods of isolation of analytes from the sample matrix: solid phase extraction, microwave and ultrasonic extraction.
Week 4: Review of methods for identification and quantification of organic and inorganic pollutants from the environment (soil, water, sediment).
Week 5: Introduction to spectroscopic methods. Molecular spectroscopy.
Week 6: Atomic absorption spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy.
Week 7: Chromatographic methods: gas, ion, thin layer chromatography.
Week 8: High performance liquid chromatography. Related techniques.
Week 9: Method validation. Comparison of methods. Selection of the appropriate method.
Week 10: Statistical evaluation and assessment of results and obtaining environmental information.
Week 11: Industrial wastewater. Types of pollution.
Week 12: Elements of industrial wastewater characterization. Ecological indicators, color, turbidity, aromatic compounds content.
Week 13: Determination of total organic carbon content.
Week 14: Determination of adsorbed organic halides content.
Week 15: Hazardous liquid waste analysis. Methods for determining toxicity.
PREREQUISITES FOR COURSE ENROLLMENT:
Attended lectures and completed exercises for the courses General and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry.
PREREQUISITES FOR TAKING THE EXAM:
Attendance at lectures, successfully completed laboratory exercises, passed the laboratory exercises test.
DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES OF STUDENTS
Acquisition of basic knowledge about the principles and possibilities of application of modern analytical techniques for the purpose of environmental analysis.
STUDENT OBLIGATIONS:
Regular class attendance (lectures and laboratory exercises).
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures
Laboratory exercises
Consultations as needed
METHODS OF KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT:
Laboratory exercises test
Continuous knowledge assessment (three tests), depending on the achieved success, it is possible to be exempted from taking the exam.
Written exam
Oral exam
METHOD OF MONITORING THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF COURSES:
Student survey
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Compare sampling procedures for the purpose of monitoring human and environmental exposure to pollution, hazard assessment and environmental protection.
2. Compare and apply sample preparation methods for chemical analysis.
3. Comment on the application of spectrometric methods of analysis in ecoengineering.
4. Discuss the application of separation analytical methods in ecoengineering.
5. Comment on the principles of analytical procedure validation.
6. Identify the types of pollution and wastewater characteristics of the chemical and related industries.
7. Propose characterization elements for the analysis of industrial wastewater and the aquatic environment.
8. Propose modern analytical techniques for determination of selected ecological indicators in the protection of the aquatic environment.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE PROGRAM TO WHICH THE COURSE CONTRIBUTES
1. Explain the scientific foundations that are important for environmental engineering, especially basic knowledge of chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology and environmental engineering
2. Use basic laboratory skills and work rules in the physical, chemical and microbiological laboratories
3. Collect information from different sources that are required to monitor the state of environment, for environmental protection and management of water, air, soil, waste and energy
4. Integrate the acquired knowledge in the protection, control and monitoring of the environment as well as improvement and environmental management
5. Organize effective work in the laboratory, independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team
6. Theoretically interpret the results of experimental work
REQUIRED LITERATURE:
1. D. A. Skoog, D. M. West, F. J. Holler, Osnove analitičke kemije, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1999.
2. D. C. Harris: Quantitative Chemical Analysis, W. H. Freedman and Co., New York, 2001.
3. M. Csuros: Environmental Sampling and Analysis, Lewis Publishers, New York 1997.
4. F. W. Fiefield, P. J. Haines, Environmental Analitical Chemistry, Blackie Academic and Professional, London, 1995.
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D. A. Skoog, D. M. West, F. J. Holler, Osnove analitičke kemije, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1999.
D. C. Harris: Quantitative Chemical Analysis, W. H. Freedman and Co., New York, 2001.
M. Csuros: Environmental Sampling and Analysis, Lewis Publishers, New York 1997.
F.W. Fiefield, P.J. Haines, Environmental Analitical Chemistry, Blackie Academic and Professional, London, 1995,
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