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Terminated in academic year 1999/2000

Environments Analysis

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0944/02
Abbreviation AŽP
Course title Environments Analysis
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Boleslav Taraba, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Definition of the problem. The process of extracting information. The analysis process . Evaluation of analytical results and procedures expression analysis results. Statistical processing of the results . Proposals for actions arising from the data obtained. Principles of Good Laboratory Practice . Fundamentals of chemometrics.
Sampling, the general principle sources of error . Standard operating procedures for sampling ; System QA / QC . Basic parameters of the sampling abiotic and biotic matrices .
Adjustment of the sample before analysis . Non-destructive methods . Methods destructive. Separation and concentration steps .
Qualitative analysis : classical system of separation of cations. Evidence heteroatoms in organic substances .
Overview of basic analytical methods and their general properties : methods based on weighing , measurement of volume. Understanding the various methods; instrumentation ; application in the analysis of environmental components ; advantages / disadvantages.
Introduction to instrumental methods . The use of both qualitative and quantitative. Definition of the problem. Analytical methods of absolute and comparative . Rapid analytical methods - screening. Purpose. Advantages / disadvantages. The calibration method. Trends in instrumental methods of analysis.
Electroanalytical methods based on voltage measurements. Electroanalytical methods based on the current measurement. Understanding the various methods; instrumentation ; application in the analysis of environmental components ; advantages / disadvantages.
Overview separation methods : Planar chromatography : TLC + HPTLC PC Column chromatography GC + LC. New trends: UHPLC , GC / MS , HPLC / MS. Understanding the various methods; instrumentation ; application in the analysis of environmental components ; advantages / disadvantages.
Electrophoresis . Mass spectrometry . Understanding the various methods; instrumentation ; application in the analysis of environmental components ; advantages / disadvantages.
Overview of optical methods . Optical spectral instruments . Refractometry , interferometry , polarimetry and turbidimetry : Understanding the various methods; instrumentation ; application in the analysis of environmental components ; advantages / disadvantages. Atomic emission spectral analysis . Flame photometry . Atomic absorption spectrometry . UV / Vis spectrometry . Luminescence analysis . Infrared spectrometry . Raman spectra ; X-ray fluorescence spectrometry . Radiochemical methods . Principles of methods, instrumentation , applications in the analysis of environmental components ; advantages / disadvantages.

Literature

PERTILE E.: Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2012. 175 s. ISBN 978-80-248-2925-8 .

Advised literature

ROUESSAC Francis and ROUESSAC, Annick: Chemical Analysis Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques. March 2007. 600 pp. ISBN: 978-0-470-85903-2