Course Details
Composition and Properties of Natural Waters
Academic Year 2022/23
CC052 course is part of 1 study plan
N-P-C-SI (N) / V Summer Semester 1st year
Chemical equilibria, inorganic compounds and the main inorganic polutants, organic compounds in water and main organic pollutants, gases, fundamentals of water analysis, eutrophication, self-purification, hydrochemical classification of surface, underground, mineral, and atmospheric water.
Credits
5 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Entry Knowledge
Student will master the aim of the subject, i.e. selected chapters from hydrochemistry of underground and surface waters.
Aims
selected chapters from hydrochemistry of underground and surface waters
Basic Literature
MALÁ J. Složení a vlastnosti přírodních vod. Studijní opora. Brno: CERM, 2006. (cs)
Recommended Reading
PITTER, P. Hydrochemie. Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze. Praha, 2015. (cs)
Syllabus
Chemical equilibria, pH
Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese
Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens
Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Organic compounds
Transformation of compounds in the environment
Environment and its protection
Inorganic pollutants
Organic pollutants
Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds
Natural waters: atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters
Natural waters: surface water, eutrophication, self-purification
Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese
Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens
Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Organic compounds
Transformation of compounds in the environment
Environment and its protection
Inorganic pollutants
Organic pollutants
Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds
Natural waters: atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters
Natural waters: surface water, eutrophication, self-purification
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.
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
Chemical equilibria, pH
Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese
Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens
Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Organic compounds
Transformation of compounds in the environment
Environment and its protection
Inorganic pollutants
Organic pollutants
Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds
Natural waters: atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters
Natural waters: surface water, eutrophication, self-purification
Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese
Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens
Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Organic compounds
Transformation of compounds in the environment
Environment and its protection
Inorganic pollutants
Organic pollutants
Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds
Natural waters: atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters
Natural waters: surface water, eutrophication, self-purification
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
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
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