Environmental Analysis 1200-2BLOK4W3
Systematic errors in the trace analysis of elements and compounds.
The Laboratory for examination of environmental samples. Quality of the laboratory. Determination limit. Contamination free methods of sampling of water, waste water, sediments, soils, plants and animal and human tissues. The preparation methods of environmental samples of biotope and biocenosis: drying, grounding, sieving, extraction, decomposition. Instrumentation. The choice of the proper analytical method concerning the concentration of analyte. The portable field kits of water, soil and sediments examination. Economical point of view of the environmental analysis. Sampling and analysis of particles in the air. Environmental specimen banking and its role in the environmental analysis. The natural sources of retrospectives samples. Biomonitoring.
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
Type of course
Mode
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Learning outcomes
Student should achieve the knowledge of investigation methods of the environment, and of sampling methods of environmental samples, their preparation for analytical research. Student should also learn specific conditions of trace analysis laboratory and the critical approach to analytical results.
Student should also knows the possibility of of compare the results of analytical data with the retrospectiv data described in the literature.
Assessment criteria
Lecture in the form of remote synchronous classes with consultations in contact (meeting time to be agreed with the teacher).
Activity in the classroom. Oral final exam in contact or on Google Meet.
Practical placement
Does not concern
Bibliography
1- materials available before the lecture
2- Przygotowanie próbek środowiskowych do analizy, J. Namieśnik PWN Warszawa 2000
3- Fizykochemiczne metody kontroli zanieczyszczeń środowiska WNT Warszawa 1998
4- Specjacja chemiczna, Malamut, Warszawa 2009 (wybrane rozdziały)
5- Problemy jakości analizy śladowej w badaniach środowiska przyrodniczego, pod redakcja A. Kabaty-Pendias, B.Szteke, Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne Zofii Dobkowskiej, Warszawa 1993
6- Analiza śladowa – zastosowanie; Mlamut Warszawa 2013
7- Specjacja chemiczna; Malamut Warszawa 2009e materials available before the lectures
E. Merian "The Elements in the environment" Verlag Chemie Basel, Weinheim, 1984
Roger N. Reeve, Introduction Environmental Analysis, Wiley 2002 online
Additional information
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