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Sampling for environmental analysis

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Course Unit Code546-0849/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type A
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CAB72prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.
Summary
The course focuses not only on the basic but also on the specific problems connected with the sampling of different components of the environment. The student will deepen the basic knowledge of field sampling and after-treatment of the sample in the laboratory, but also in the field.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Doplnit text. Doplnit text.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to sampling. Basic concepts of sampling. Content and documentation of sampling documentation.
2. Legislation relating to sampling, case studies.
3. Safety of work in sampling.
4. Factors affecting test quality.
5. Technical means for sampling. Active and passive samplers.
6. Basic sampling site survey. Standard operating procedures for sampling, QA / QC system.
7. Sampling of municipal waste, sampling of industrial waste. Basic sampling principles.
8. Soil sampling, sediment and sludge sampling.
9. Sampling of sediments (sampling devices and tools, processing and preservation of samples)
10.Sampling of groundwater and surface water. (single point sampling, active sampling, passive sampling).
11. Air sampling (distribution of sampling, samplers and filters used, location of sampling site, meteorological conditions, possibility of influencing sampling, sampling station); Soil sampling
12. Sample preparation in the field, sample adjustment - transport - storage. Unwanted changes in the sample.
13. Modification of samples in the laboratory, validation of the analytical method. Own analysis - analysis of analyzes - final reports.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
PEPPER, I. L., GERBA, CH. P., BRUSSEAU, M. L. Environmental and pollution science. 1st edition. London : Elsevier Inc., 2006. ISBN: 978-0-12-551503-0
Field book for describing and sampling soils. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural resources conservation Service. [Online] version 2.0, National Soil Survey Center, 2002. Available from: ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Field_Book/FieldBookVer2.pdf
Pierre Gy, Sampling Theory and Sampling Practice, F.F.Pitard, CRC Press, Boco Raton, USA, 2.vyd. 1993
CARTER, Martin R. Soil sampling and methods of analysis. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, c1993. ISBN 0-87371-861-5
ŠEVČÍK, J. a kol. Vzorkování. Český Těšín: 2 Theta, 2017. ISBN 978-80-86380-87-2
JANKů J. a J. ČERMÁK. Vzorkování odpadů. Praha: VŠCHT, 2006
ČSN 015110: Vzorkování materiálů. Základní ustanovení.
PEPPER, I. L. a kol. Environmental and Pollution Science. London: Elsevier Inc., 2006. ISBN 978-0-12-551503-0
Recommended Reading:
Forest Soil Co-ordinating Centre, Research Institute for Nature and Forest. ICP Forests Manual. International Co-operative Programme on Assessmentt and Monitoring of Ai Pollution Effects on Forests. [Online] ICP, 2007. Available from: http://www.icp-forests.org/Manual.html
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wastes - Hazardous Waste - Test Methods. [Online] US EPA, 06/2002
L.H.Keith, Principles of Environmental Sampling, ACS Professional Reference Book, ACS, Washington DC, 2.vyd. 1996
KOPLÍK, R., a kol. Vzorkování. Český Těšín: 2 Theta, 2016. ISBN 978-80-86380-80-3
Vzorkování v průmyslu. Český Těšín: 2 Theta, 2015. ISBN 978-80-260-8538-6
ČSN ISO 11648-2: 2002 (01 0265) Statistická hlediska vzorkování hromadných materiálů.
KEITH, L. H. Principles of Environmental Sampling. Washington DC: ACS Professional Reference Book, 1996
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 31