ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Laboratory exercises for deepening some of the environmental chemistry topics covered in Module I and II of the course.

Knowledge and Understanding:
Know the basic principles and processes of environmental behavior of chemicals.
Become familiar with analytical techniques and procedures of interest.

Judgment Skills:
Know how to evaluate the significance and validity of the data collected in the field of environmental chemistry;
Know how to choose the most appropriate procedures for each laboratory operation.

Learning skills:
Acquire the ability to rework the concepts covered in class and how to adequately connect the topics covered;
Understand simple analytical procedures for the determination of the most common physicochemical analyses and environmental variables.

Communication Skills:
Acquire the ability to expound topics with appropriate terminology.

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Three-year preparatory courses: General and inorganic chemistry and laboratory [CT0320]; Analytical chemistry and laboratory [CT0366]

Laboratory exercises:
- Estimation of the Kow partitioning constant to determine the hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic characteristics of model molecules
- Determination of a soil's cation exchange capacity and/or total organic matter content
- Extraction of the fine fraction (<63 µm) of a sediment and determination of nutrients from the interstitial water

Slides, documents and other teaching materials will be provided by the professor

Writing a summary report about the activities carried out in the laboratory, which will be evaluated on its accuracy and precision

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Knowledge acquired during the laboratory activity will be verified with a question on the exam of Module II of the Environmental Chemistry course

Laboratory exercises will be conducted on water, soil and sediment samples previously sampled by the professor

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Natural capital and environmental quality" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development