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Composition and properties of natural water
FAST-CC52Acad. year: 2011/2012
Physical properties of water, inorganic macro- and microcomponents, main inorganic poluutants, gases, organic compounds in water and main organic pollutants, chemical equilibria in water, basics of water analysis, hydrochemical classification of surface, underground, mineral, and atmospheric water.
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2. General composition of water
3. Inorganic macrocomponents
4. Heavy metals
5. Halogens, sulphur, silicon, boron
6. Nitrogen, phosphorus
7. Carbon, pH, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
8. Organic compounds
9. Trace organic components
10. Chemical equilibria in water
11. Methods of water analysis
12. Hydrochemical classification of surface water
13. Hydrochemical classification of underground and atmospheric water
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Pitter, P.: Hydrochemie. Vydavatelství VŠCHT : Praha, 1999. (CS)
Rail, Ch. D.: Groundwater Contamination, Volume I: Sources and Hydrology. CRC Press, 2000. (EN)
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