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Lecturer(s)
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Bednář Petr, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Control of soil composition and chemical analysis in agriculture (soil structure, inorganic components, humus, pH of soil, soil erosion, plant nutrients, fertilizers, new varieties of agricultural crops); Atmosphere of Earth (composition, air analysis and its pollution, monitoring of components connected with global warming); Water sources, treatment and pollution (natural water composition, hydrological cycle, acid rain, water quality control); Fossil fuels (petrochemistry - analytical control of oil, coal and natural gas composition); Sources of energy for the future (influence of particular sources of energy on environment - biomass composition, solar cells lifetime, impact on environment, control of composition of applied materials); Toxicology (kinds of living organism exposition, tests of toxicity (LD50)); Organic and inorganic pollutants (analysis of PAHs, POPs, dioxines and furanes, study of their bioaccumulation); Insecticides and herbicides (analysis of organophophates and carbamates - selected examples; alternatives in control of insects); Asbestos (structure and physicochemical properties of asbestos and analytical methods for identification of asbestos fibers); Disposal of dangerous wastes (definition of dangerous wastes, selected examples of analysis of their composition).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
- Attendace
- 52 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The main aim of the specialty is to extend knowledge of students in the area of analysis of components of living environment. The main objects of interest of environmental chemistry and related analytical procedures (sampling and sample clean-up, applied procedures of chemical analysis and interpretation of obtained data in context of environmental chemistry) are demonstrated on practical applications
Ability to define basic tasks of environmental analysis; proficiency to formulate and compare possible approaches for the solution of analytical problems arising during control of environment.
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Prerequisites
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The knowledge of basics of analytical chemistry and instrumental methods of analytical chemistry is recommended.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Seminar Work
Student has to prove knowledge of the main areas of environmental chemistry defined in the content of specialty and should be able to find a solution of a problem from the area of environmental analysis defined during exam.
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Recommended literature
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J.E. Girard, Principles of Environmental Chemistry, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Canada 2005..
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M. Horáková, P. Lischke, A. Grunwald, Chemické a fyzikální metody analýzy vod, SNTL, Praha 1986..
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