Top Trends Analysis of Environment - AP240005
Title: Top Trends Analysis of Environment
Guaranteed by: Department of Environmental Chemistry (240)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2019
Semester: both
Points: 0
E-Credits: 0
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 3/0, other [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
For type: doctoral
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
can be fulfilled in the future
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Janků Josef doc. Ing. CSc.
Interchangeability : P240005
Examination dates   
Annotation -
The course will cover the progressive strategies of sampling, sample pretreatment techniques as well as the modern instrumental analytical techniques, including introduction to the portable devices. Significant attention will be directed to the complex solid heterogeneous materials, such as waste and soils.
Last update: Pátková Vlasta (19.11.2018)
Aim of the course -

The students will manage to:

  • effectively apply basic and progressive analysis of solid waste and of solid materials
  • select proper sampling strategies as well as suitable analytical approaches
  • independently evaluate the analytical data

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Literature -

A: Soil sampling and methods of Analysis. Editor: Marin R Carter. Lewis Publisher

A: United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Taxonomy: A Basic system of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, Second Edition, Washington, 1999.

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Learning resources -

http://uchop.vscht.cz/ke-stazeni/materialy

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Teaching methods -

Lecturers, tutorials, self-study

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Requirements to the exam -

None

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Syllabus -

Solid waste and soil characteristics

Sampling techniques and equipment

Transport and storage of samples

Analysis of municipal waste

Analysis of chemical waste

Analysis of soil

Analytical strategies based on portable instrumentation

Volatile organics

Persistent organic pollutants

Toxic metals

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Entry requirements -

None

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Registration requirements -

None

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Course completion requirements -

Oral examination or assessed presentation of the given topic

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