Course detail

Composition and Properties of Natural Waters

FAST-CC052Acad. year: 2022/2023

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.

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

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

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

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)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

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

Exercise

26 hod., 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