Course detail

Composition and Properties of Natural Waters

FAST-NCB006Acad. year: 2020/2021

Chemical equilibria, inorganic compounds and the main inorganic polutants, organic compounds in water and the main organic pollutants, gases, fundamentals of water analysis, eutrophication, self-purification, hydrochemical classification of surface, underground, mineral, and atmospheric waters.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry (CHE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will master the aim of the subject, i.e. selected chapters from hydrochemistry of underground and surface waters.

Prerequisites

Chemical nomenclature, basic chemical rules, theory of acids and bases, compilation of chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations, concentration and its expression, fundamentals of hydrochemistry and analytical chemistry.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Chemical equilibria, pH.
2. Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese.
3. Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens.
4. Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases.
5. Nitrogen, phosphorus.
6. Organic compounds.
7. Transformation of compounds in aqueous environment.
8. Environment and its protection.
9. Inorganic pollutants.
10. Organic pollutants.
11. Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds.
12. Atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters.
13. Surface water, eutrophication, self-purification.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

selected chapters from hydrochemistry of underground and surface waters

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIV Master's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Chemical equilibria, pH. 2. Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese. 3. Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens. 4. Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases. 5. Nitrogen, phosphorus. 6. Organic compounds. 7. Transformation of compounds in aqueous environment. 8. Environment and its protection. 9. Inorganic pollutants. 10. Organic pollutants. 11. Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds. 12. Atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters. 13. Surface water, eutrophication, self-purification.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction, safety of work in a chemical laboratory, calculations Determination of neutralization capacities and nonequilibrium concentrations of carbon dioxide Photometric methods, construction of calibration curve, determination of orthophosphates Determination of nitrates Active chlorine and its reaction with ammonia Redox reactions, reduction of dichromate by sulfite Biochemical Oxygen Demand Sensoric properties of water Presentation of seminar works Presentation of seminar works Measurement on site Measurement on site Credit