Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 15 credits
The course is discontinued from 2021-08-10
Contents
The course will cover how sampling and subsequent analysis can be used to study and follow processes in the environment, as well as how these processes can be modelled theoretically using computer software. The course will deal with analyses of inorganic and organic substances at trace-level concentrations, in solution and at surfaces. It will cover methods such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), liquid chromatography (LC), gas chromatography (GC), mass spectrometry (MS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infra-red spectroscopy (IR) and dynamic light scattering (DLS), as individual techniques or in combination with other techniques, as well as how these methods, can be used to solve different problems of environmental and chemical nature.
Expected learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should be able to:
• Explain how to take representative samples using different sampling methods.
• Describe and explain fundamental physical principles for the different analysis methods covered in the course, as well as how measurement data are based on these.
• Identify, evaluate and discuss what are the best sampling and/or analyses methods for different types of environmental and chemical problems.
• Calculate the outcome of environmental processes in aqueous solution and at surfaces using thermodynamic data.
• Critically examine and interpret experimental data as well as data from computer modelling.
• Independently plan and execute an environmental study including sampling, sample handling, analysis and quality control.
• Produce written reports based on experimental data acquired during the course, within specified time limits.
• In a log reflect over his/her own learning individually and as part of a group.
Required Knowledge
To be able to follow this course the student has to have passed: a number of chemistry courses equal to 60 ECTS, Advanced Experimental Tools in Chemistry (15 ECTS, 5KE125) , or the equivalent. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A (IELTS (Academic) with a minimum overall score of 5.5 and no individual score below 5.0. TOEFL PBT (Paper-based Test) with a minimum total score of 530 and a minimum TWE score of 4. TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test) with a minimum total score of 72 and a minimum score of 17 on the Writing Section). Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.
Form of instruction
During the course the students will practise to independently evaluate and select between different sampling and analysis methods. Students will also practise to collaborate and solve problems as a group using “problem based learning”. The experimental work during the course will be examined through written reports. The teaching consist of lectures, seminars, exercises, self-study sessions, laboratory sessions, group meetings, field sampling, demonstrations and project work. The laboratory sessions, group meetings and individual reflective log are compulsory.
Examination modes
Throughout the course different modules are examined through practical exercises and compulsory exercises that are handed in and corrected. On the laboratory reports the grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG) will be given. The log and group assignments will be given the grade Fail (U) or Pass (G). On the whole course one of the grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG) will be given. To pass the course all examinations and compulsory modules must be passed. Those who pass an examination are not permitted a retake it to obtain a higher grade. A student who has failed two exams for a course or part of a course, are entitled to have appointed a new examiner, unless there are special reasons against it (HF 6 kap. § 22). Requests for new examiners are made to the Head of the Department of Chemistry.
Literature
Valid from: 2012 week 36
Dean John R.
Extraction techniques in analytical sciences
Chichester, U.K. :
Wiley :
2009 :
281 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-470-68250-0
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Quality assurance in analytical chemistry
Prichard F. Elizabeth, Barwick Vicki
Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley :
2007. :
xxii, 293p. :
ISBN: 0-470-51776-X (e-book)
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Stuart Barbara
Infrared spectroscopy
: fundamentals and applications
Chichester, West Sussex, England :
J. Wiley :
c2004. :
xv, 224 p. :
Ardrey Robert E.
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
: an introduction
New York :
J. Wiley :
2003 :
276 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-470-86217-9
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Dean John R.
Methods for environmental trace analysis
Chichester :
Wiley :
c2003. :
xxii, 259 p. :
ISBN: 0-470-86132-0 (e-book)
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Reeve Roger N.
Introduction to environmental analysis
Chichester :
Wiley :
2002 :
xxi, 301 s. :
ISBN: 0-471-49294-9 (inb.) ; £70.00
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Dean John R.
Practical Inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy
Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. :
2005 :
184 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-470-09350-4
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Zhang Chunlong
Fundamentals of environmental sampling and analysis [electronic resource]
Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Interscience :
2007 :
1 online resource (xx, 436 p.) :
ISBN: 978-0-470-12067-5 (electronic bk.)
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