Course: Environmental Analytical Chemistry

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Course title Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Course code VURH/EACD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Grabic Roman, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vojs Staňová Andrea, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Grabicová Kateřina, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The lectures will present basis of mass spectrometry, chromatography, sample preparation and methods for quantitative and qualitative analyses using LC-MS and GC-MS. Students will be introduced to operation of GC-MS and LC-MS, calibration of the systems, method development including tuning MS/MS and optimization of LC-MS method parameters. They will also learn operation and data analysis with software. The course will include small project focused on topic close to dissertation work of the student. Students will prepare samples, analyze and evaluate them under supervision of guarantor and lecturers. There were purchased additional licenses of software for this purpose. The course is planned for 5-7 days of theory/practice + additional five days for work within the project. Data processing and evaluation is expected as students individual work and consultation with course lecturers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This objective aims on orientation of students in analytical methods of organic pollutants in aquatic environmental samples. The objective is established as intensive course, where theory presented in the morning will be exercised in the afternoon in the laboratory at corresponding instrumentation. The course should offer to students to get at basic start level for organic trace analysis for those students who will actively work with LC-MS at both samples analysis or data processing and evaluation only levels.
Advanced or intermediate level in physical and analytical chemistry is expected for completing of the course. Students must be able to work with literature sources including on-line search in databases, mathematically process the data, interpret and critically evaluate the results of software processing. Skills in basic software as MS word, Excel a PowerPoint is essential.
Prerequisites
Finished education at MSc level in chemistry or biology/environmental or agriculture studies but with corresponding level of chemistry.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Finished education at MSc level in chemistry or biology/environmental or agriculture studies but with corresponding level of chemistry.
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