Course Information:

Instructor: Professor E. Psillakis (Faculty Member - EnvEng)

Laboratory Exercises: K. Antelli, A. Pantidou

Textbooks (Eudoxus):

• Book [317]: ΠΟΣΟΤΙΚΗ ΧΗΜΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΤΟΜΟΣ Ι, HARRIS DANIEL C. 
• Book [7624]: ΠΟΣΟΤΙΚΗ ΧΗΜΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΤΟΜΟΣ ΙΙ, HARRIS DANIEL C.

Recommended reading:

• Ξένος Κωνσταντίνος Δ.,ΞένουΕυγενία, Ρύπανση και τεχνικές ελέγχου ποιότητας του νερού Εκδόσεις ΣΤΕΛΛΑ ΠΑΡΙΚΟΥ & ΣΙΑ ΟΕ

Eclass:

•  Registration required

Course contents:

• Lectures:
  • Physical and chemical characteristics of water
  • Introduction to instrumental analysis
  • Sampling
  • Statistical evaluation of results
  • Introduction to spectrophotometry
  • Introduction to atomic spectroscopy
  • Introduction to chromatography
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Partitioning of organics in the environment
  • Determination of the physico-chemcial properties of organics.
• Labs:
  • Safety in the laboratory. Measurements (volume, weight, pH). Solution preparation and further dissolving.  Buffers
  • Identify unknown acid with strong base (volumetric analysis)
  • Redox titration. Determination H₂O₂ using potassium permanganate.
  • Complexometric titration. Hardness measurements using titration with EDTA.
  • Determination of TSS, TDS, pH, conductivity, salinity, turbidity.
  • Determination of BOD, COD, TOC, TC, IC, NPOC: (Using samples from river and WWTP)
  • Determination of P-PO₄ N-NO₂^-, N-NO₃^-Cl^- using UV-spectrophotometer
  • Determination of calibration curve in spectrophotometer
  • High-performance liquid chromatography: determination of octanol water partition coefficient (K_ow) of organic compounds.
  • Theoretical calculation of octanol water partition coefficients (K_ow) and Henry (K_H).

Laboratory exercises:

• Ten laboratory exercises- individual reports:60% of the Lab grade
• Final written lab exam: 40% of the Lab grade

Assessment and grading method:

• Lab work, 40% of the grade
• Final closed-book written exam, 60% of the grade

Last modification: 31-08-2018