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Composition and properties of natural water
FAST-CC52Acad. year: 2014/2015
Chemical equilibria, inorganic compounds and the main inorganic polutants, organic compounds in water and main organic pollutants, gases, fundamentals of water analysis, eutrophication, self-purification, hydrochemical classification of surface, underground, mineral, and atmospheric water.
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The exam has a form of a written test.
Course curriculum
Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese
Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens
Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Organic compounds
Transformation of compounds in the environment
Environment and its protection
Inorganic pollutants
Organic pollutants
Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds
Natural waters: atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters
Natural waters: surface water, eutrophication, self-purification
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Basic literature
Recommended reading
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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Inorganic macrocomponents, iron, manganese
Aluminum, sulphur, silicon, boron, halogens
Carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, gases
Nitrogen, phosphorus
Organic compounds
Transformation of compounds in the environment
Environment and its protection
Inorganic pollutants
Organic pollutants
Selected analytical methods, group determinations of organic compounds
Natural waters: atmospheric, underground, mineral, and sea waters
Natural waters: surface water, eutrophication, self-purification
Exercise
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Determination of neutralization capacities and nonequilibrium concentrations of carbon dioxide
Photometric methods, determination of orthophosphates
Determination of nitrates
Active chlorine and its reaction with ammonia
Redox reactions, reduction of dichromate by sulfite
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Sensoric properties of water
Presentation of seminar works
Presentation of seminar works
Measurement on site
Measurement on site
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