- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor A Meharg
Pre-requisites
CM 1010 or CM 1011, CM 1506 and either SS 2002 or EV 1505 or PL 3303
Notes
This course extends over 6 weeks only.
Overview
This course aims to give students a sound insight into the composition of environmental samples and the methods used for their analysis. At the end of the course, you should be able to make sensible decisions in the planning of analytical sampling strategies to meet the needs of any specified environmental analytical problem related to the soil/plant/water system. You should have a reasonable knowledge of sample preparation procedures, sub-sampling methods and sub-sample dissolution techniques. You should have a basic grasp of key soil chemical processes and how they are quantified and a sound understanding of how to obtain reliable analytical results using a selection of modern instrumental methods of analysis. Methods include spectrophotometry and colorimetry, fluorimetry, flame and furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, high pressure liquid and ion chromatography, total organic carbon carbon analysis, electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and flame and plasma atomic emission spectrometry. You should also have a grasp of approaches to automation of analytical methodology and be capable of handling routine analytical calculations.
6 weeks, Thread I - 3 one-hour lectures per week, 5 six hour practicals and 1 two-hour tutorials during the course.
1 two-hour examination. Continuous assessment on essay, laboratory reports and class presentation (33%).
