Basics of Hydrochemistry - B217013
Title: Základy Hydrochemie
Guaranteed by: Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering (217)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2023 to 2023
Semester: summer
Points: summer s.:3
E-Credits: summer s.:3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
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Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
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Guarantor: Sýkora Vladimír doc. Ing. CSc.
Kujalová Hana Ing. Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Last update: Sýkora Vladimír doc. Ing. CSc. (11.05.2021)
Qualitative and quantitative composition of natural waters, physical and physico-chemical properties of natural waters, chemical reactions and equilibria in waters, inorganic substances in water (main cations), inorganic substances in water(toxic metals), inorganic substances in water (main anions), inorganic substances in water (nitrogen and phosphorus compounds), carbonate chemistry of aquatic systems; dissolved gases, silicon, boron and radioactivity; organic substances in water, chemical and biochemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon.
Aim of the course -
Last update: Sýkora Vladimír doc. Ing. CSc. (11.05.2021)

Students will be able to:

assess the quality of the water in terms of its impact for the environment;

assess the quality of the water in terms of its aggressive action on various materials;

assess water quality in terms of hygiene;

explain the behavior of water on the basis of solutions of chemical and biochemical processes in different types of water.

Literature -
Last update: Sýkora Vladimír doc. Ing. CSc. (11.05.2021)

Sýkora, V.; Kujalová, H.; Pitter, P.: Hydrochemie pro studenty bakalářského studia. 1 ed.; VŠCHT Praha, 2016, ISBN 9788070809495

Pitter P.: Hydrochemie. Vydavatelství VŠCHT,Praha 2015, ISBN 9788070809280

Syllabus -
Last update: Sýkora Vladimír doc. Ing. CSc. (11.05.2021)

1. Qualitative and quantitative composition of natural waters

2. Physical and physico-chemical properties of natural waters

3. Chemical reactions and equilibria in waters

4. Inorganic substances in water (main cations)

5. Inorganic substances in water (toxic metals)

6. Inorganic substances in water (main anions)

7. Inorganic substances in water (nitrogen and phosphorus compounds)

8. Carbonate chemistry of aquatic systems

9. Dissolved gases, silicon, boron and radioactivity

10. Organic substances in water

11. Chemical and biochemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon

12. Composition, properties and classification of natural waters

13. Composition, properties and classification of drinking and service waters

14. Composition, properties and classification of sewage and industrial waste waters