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CHEM3550: Environmental Chemistry Lab

COURSE GUIDE

CALENDAR

Week	PPT	PDF	Preliminary Exercises	Notes
1			Intro Session: Safety
			Air Pollution
2			Mixing Ratios	Prep PDT's
3			Ozone Lab
4			Determination of NO₂ [+ Good Laboratory Practices]
5			Determination of NO₂ (analysis)
			Toxic Chemicals
6			Stat. Treatment of Data (must do Pre-Lab for part A and B)
7			Collection + Preservation of Water and Sediment Samples
8			Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Lab
9			Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Lab
10			Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Lab
			Inorganic Chemical Properties Of Natural Waters and Wastewaters
11			B9: Determining Fe and Mn in Natural Waters and Sediments
12			Water Treatment Model Filtration lab (needs supplies)
			Wastes Soils and Sediments
13			Determination of K_D
14			Determination of K_D
15			No Class

Key: RED = In-Class Evaluation/Poster, BLACK = Lab Report

INSTRUMENTS

Ozonometer - http://solarlight.com/products/mtops.html
Brewer spectrophotometer
DiY Ozonometer - TOPS
Perkin-Elmer FAAS: Al, As, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, Ti, Zn
Dionex ICS1000 - IonPac AS14A Analytical Column, 4 x 250 mm and AS14A Guard Column, 4 x 50 mm. Eluent 8.0 mM sodium carbonate and 1.0 mM sodium bicarbonate.
Fisher Accumet AR50 and AR63 portable ISE.
50 mL burets, 25 and 10 mL volumetric flasks