Entry requirements

Basic Chemistry, 10 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the students shall be able to:

• identify the structure on from environmental point of view relevant organic compounds
• account for the most common reactions of functional groups
• relate the structure of an organic compound to physical properties such as boiling point, solubility and viscosity
• discuss the problems around the most common types of organic pollutants
• identify and describe the steps that are included in a complete the analysis as sampling, sample preparation, separation, detection and data evaluation
• account for common sampling techniques for inorganic and organic compounds in mainly soil, water and air
• report for and use methods based on separation, electro-analytical techniques, methods based on atomic and molecular spectroscopy
• give suggestions on appropriate analytical procedures for determination of from environmental point of view important inorganic and organic compounds in mainly soil, water and air
• calculate and present practically received results in a written report

Content

Organic chemistry - an introduction

• Naming of organic compounds
• Relation between chemical structure, bonding type and properties such as boiling point , solubility and viscosity
• The structure of common organic molecules with special emphasis on pollutants
• The most common reactions of functional groups

Organic pollutants

• Important organic pollutants such as DDT, PAH, dioxins, PCB, BTEX and chlorinated solvents with focus on properties that influence: Occurrence and persistens in the environment. Reactivity. Dispersion. Decomposition.
• The echo toxicity of pollutants and what in their structure that influences the reactivity and interaction with organic cells.

Analytical chemistry with application to the environment. Overview of the most common methods for sampling and sample preparation. Separation methods mainly gas - and liquid chromatography. Electro-analytical techniques mainly potentiometry and voltammetry. Spectroscopic methods, mainly spectrophotometry and atomic absorption spectroscopy.

Instruction

Lectures, lessons, seminars, laboratory work, possible study visits. Course introduction, seminars, laboratory work and study visits are compulsory.

Assessment

Written examination is organised at the end of the course and correspond 3 credits. The laboratory work including presentations correspond 2 credits. To pass final grades it is required that all parts have been assessed passed. The final grade corresponds to weighting of the results of the written examination and laboratory work.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.

Other directives

The course cannot be included in higher education degree together with Analytical Chemistry I 1KB105.