Course detail

Composition and properties of natural water

FAST-CC52Acad. year: 2011/2012

Physical properties of water, inorganic macro- and microcomponents, main inorganic poluutants, gases, organic compounds in water and main organic pollutants, chemical equilibria in water, basics of water analysis, hydrochemical classification of surface, underground, mineral, and atmospheric water.

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

Basics of hydrochemistry in extent of subject BC03.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Physical properies of water
2. General composition of water
3. Inorganic macrocomponents
4. Heavy metals
5. Halogens, sulphur, silicon, boron
6. Nitrogen, phosphorus
7. Carbon, pH, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
8. Organic compounds
9. Trace organic components
10. Chemical equilibria in water
11. Methods of water analysis
12. Hydrochemical classification of surface water
13. Hydrochemical classification of underground and atmospheric water

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

Chang, M.: Forest Hydrology: An Introduction to Water and Forests. CRC Press, 2002. (EN)
Pitter, P.: Hydrochemie. Vydavatelství VŠCHT : Praha, 1999. (CS)
Rail, Ch. D.: Groundwater Contamination, Volume I: Sources and Hydrology. CRC Press, 2000. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.