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Faculty of Mining and Geology

Laboratory Practicum

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Course Unit Code546-0844/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PER34doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.
Summary
The aim of the course is to broaden and deepen the knowledge of chemical laboratory techniques, including the acquisition of practical skills focused on the analysis of both waste, raw materials and other types of environmental samples (air, water, PM, green matter, etc.). The aim of the course is to deepen students' readiness to solve analytic problems by selected instrumental methods not only in the laboratory but also in the field. Provide an overview of selected analytical methods and procedures used to analyze real environmental samples and chemometric evaluation of analytical results.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Knowledge rendered upon completion of the course: Obtaining increased knowledge and understanding of the reactivity of organic and inorganic compounds. Depending on the previous study it is to gain knowledge on sampling from different environments (eg.: surface water, soil, waste), and their further processing lab, including presentation and evaluation of the results.
Skills rendered upon completion of the course: After successfully completing the course will graduate a comprehensive overview and understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects in environmental fields.
Course Contents
1. Introduction, work safety, laboratory glassware + utilities.
2. Basic laboratory work (weighing, precipitation, filtration, drying, titration, distillation, etc.); calculations: solution composition, titration factor, volumetric factor, pH value, basic statistical parameters.
3. Sampling and analysis of the waste sample: Sampling and sampling (preparatory part, sampling and laboratory sample preparation, sample handling, sampling documentation, liquid waste collection, viscous liquids collection, sludge collection, paste-like material picking, preparation sample mix, sample subtraction procedure, sample packaging and labeling, preservation of the sample). Preparation of aqueous extraction, determination of dry matter content and weight of analytical sample. Separation of liquid and solid phases, analysis of leachate and expression of results (according to methods for water-pH analysis, conductivity, ecotoxicity, DOC, phenolic index, ammonium ions, nitrates, nitrates, fluorides, chlorides, sulphates, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Zn).
4. Sampling and analysis of water samples: basic general rules, types of sampling, sample types, sampler, method of taking surface, underground, precipitation, wastewater and drinking water; sampling requirements, preservation of samples, transport and storage, pre-analysis. Drinking water analysis (basic concepts, microbiological and biological indicators, physical, chemical and organoleptic indicators). Surface water analysis (basic concepts, immission standards for indicators of permissible surface water pollution, ČSN 75 7221 classification of surface water quality). Basic water analyzes (taste, smell, color, temperature, transparency, turbidity, NK, COD, BOD, chlorine, ammoniacal nitrogen, nitrates, nitrates, Ca + Mg, Sulphates, Chlorides, phosphates, conductivity, pH etc.).
5. Soil sampling and analysis: Determination of basic concepts, factors and conditions of soil formation, soil composition, basic soil properties (color, structure, granularity, soil water, consistency, oxidation-reduction potential, nutrient content, humus content, soil sorption capacity, specific and bulk density, biological properties of soils). Sampling of soils (sampling procedure, adjustment of the volume of quaternary samples). Soil analysis (pH determination, H + fraction in sorption)
Soil complex by double pH measurement by Adam and Evans, determination of organically oxidizable carbon). Liquid analysis (determination of phosphates, Fe, Al, Ca, Mg, toxic metals - titration, colorimetry, AAS).
6. Titration methods: Jodometry (BOD, SAVO); Chelation (Ca + Mg); Neutralization titration (KNK, ZNK); Argentometry (Cl); Manganometry (COD); Conductometry (determination of acid and volumetric and conductivity).
7. Gravimetric determination: Sulphates, Fe, Ni, Mg, NL.
8. Distillation: Separation of organic substances, density of alcohol.
9. Solubility: Sample transfer into solution and relationships between structure and solubility.
10. Adsorption: Adsorption properties of activated carbon.
11. Spectrophotometry: Mn, PO4, Cr (VI), Turbidity, ammoniacal nitrogen.
12. Potentiometry: Determination of pH of samples, ISE.
13. Separation methods: TLC, GC, HPLC.
14. Field practice: Sampling, determination of physical, chemical and organoleptic indicators (Polanka) - use of mobile analytical methods.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
HARVEY, David: Modern Analytical Chemistry 2.0. Electronic Version. 2OO9, 1071 p. ISBN 0–07–237547–7. Dostupné z: http://acad.depauw.edu/harvey_web/eText%20Project/pdf%20file/AnalChem2.0.pdf.
SKOOG, Douglas A. Fundamentals of analytical chemistry. 9th Ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage - Brooks/Cole, 2012. ISBN 978-0-495-55828-6.
FIFIELD, F. W. a D. KEALEY. Principles and practice of analytical chemistry. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, c2000. ISBN 0-632-05384-4.
PERTILE, E. Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2017. ISBN 978-80-248-4124-3.
PERTILE, E. a D. SUROVKA. Učební texty k praktiku IMA, multimediální učební text, CD, VŠB TUO 2016. 97 s.
JANKŮ, J., ČERMÁK J.: Vzorkování odpadů. VŠCHT Praha, 1. vyd. 107 s. 2006. Dostupné na vydavatelstvi@vscht.cz.
HORÁKOVÁ, Marta. Analytika vody. Vyd. 2., opr. a rozš. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2003, 335 s. ISBN 80-7080-520-x.
HARVEY, David: Modern Analytical Chemistry 2.0. Electronic Version. 2OO9, 1071 p. ISBN 0–07–237547–7. Dostupné z: http://acad.depauw.edu/harvey_web/eText%20Project/pdf%20file/AnalChem2.0.pdf.
Recommended Reading:
KEALEY, D a P HAINES. Analytical chemistry. Oxford: BIOS Scientifc Publishers Limited, 2002, x, 342 s. Instant notes series. ISBN 1859961894.
KENKEL John: Analytical Chemistry for Technicians. Fourth Edition. 2014. 533 p. ISBN 9781566705196 Dostupné z: http://www.slideshare.net/RonaldTalvat/analytical-chemistry-for-technicians-4th-edition.
PERTILE, E.: Analytická chemie, multimediální učební text, CD FRVŠ/VŠB TUO, 2005. aktualizace 2017.
KOTLÍK, Bohumil, Jan LANGHANS, Pavel BERNÁTH a Vladimír KRAJÁK. Vzorkování. Český Těšín: 2 Theta, 2016. ISBN 978-80-86380-81-0.
HORÁLEK, Vratislav. Vzorkování. Český Těšín: 2 Theta, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86380-53-7.
PERTILE, E. Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2017. ISBN 978-80-248-4124-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Experimental work in labs, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)		Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 (100)51
        Vstupní testyLaboratory work16 0
        Písemka IWritten test10 6
        Písemka IIWritten test10 6
        Závěrečný zápočtový testWritten test20 12
        ProtokolyLaboratory work24 16
        Terénní protokolLaboratory work12 7
        AktivitaLaboratory work8 4