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CHEM3550: Environmental Chemistry Lab

COURSE GUIDE

CALENDAR

Week	PPT	PDF	Preliminary Exercises	Notes
1			Intro Session: Safety
			Chemistry of the Atmosphere
2			Mixing Ratios
3			Ozone Lab (or AP lab)
			Chemistry of Fresh Waters
4			B3: pH and Buffering Capacity
5			B4: Alkalinity
6			B9: Determining Fe and Mn in Natural Waters
7			B7: Determination of Chlorine Mohr Method
			B7: Determination of Chlorine Conductometric Method
8			B10: Determination of Iron via Flame Atomic Absorption
			Chemistry of the Solid Earth
9			B2: Collection + Preservation of Water and Sediment Samples
10			Determination of the Carbon Content of Soil by Titration
11			Determination of the Carbon Content of Soil by Colorimetry
12			B11: Removal of Chromium(VI) from Wastewater
			Biogeochemical Cyling
13			Determination of K_D
14			Determination of K_D
15			No Class

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