Overview

A lab manual for an undergraduate-level course in Environmental Chemistry or Environmental Analytical Chemistry. Designed as a “user's manual” for students learning the required techniques and equipment they will encounter in the “real world,” this lab manual provides an interdisciplinary collection of 24 student-tested experiments with extensive introductory material. It prepares students to think like scientists.

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Author:   D. Neal Boehnke ,  R. Del Delumyea
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   1st New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 27.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780139171710

ISBN 10:   0139171711
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   12 August 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

I. FUNDAMENTALS FOR STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY. Introduction to Laboratory Work. Experiment 1. Statistical Treatment of Raw Data and Properties of Natural Waters. Experiment 2. Collection and Preservation of Water and Sediment Samples: Inorganic and Organic Profiles of Soil and Sediment Cores. II. INORGANIC CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL WATERS AND WASTEWATERS. Experiment 3. The pH and Buffer Capacity of Environmental Waters. Experiment 4. Alkalinity of Streams and Lakes. Experiment 5. Use of Ion-Selective Electrodes to Determine Trace Levels of Ions in Natural Waters. Experiment 6. Conductivity of Various Waters. Experiment 7. Determination of Chloride Ion in Natural Waters: A Comparison of Methods. Experiment 8. Determination of the Hardness of Natural Waters: A: Conventional EDTA Complexometric Titration. B: Commercial Test Kit Determination. Experiment 9. Spectrophotometry, Colorimetry and Absorption Spectra: Determining Iron and Manganese in Natural Waters and Sediments. Experiment 10. Determination of Trace Amounts of Metals by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Experiment 11. Removal of Chromium (VI) from Wastewater at the Part-Per-Million Level. Experiment 12. Solubility of Oxygen in Pure and Natural Waters and Its Dependence on Temperature and Salinity. Experiment 13. Spectrophotometric Determination of the Chemical Oxygen Demand of Natural Waters and Wastewaters Using a Standard Method. III. ORGANIC CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL WATERS AND WASTEWATERS. Experiment 14. Determination of Oils and Greases by Soxhlet Extraction. Experiment 15. Fluorimetric Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Experiment 16. Determination of the Octanol/Water Partition Coefficients for Organic Pollutants of Varying Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character. Experiment 17. Determination of Oil-Spill Sources Using Pattern Recognition of Known Petroleum Product Gas Chromatograms. Experiment 18. Analysis of Environmental Hydrocarbons Using Simple Extraction and Analysis by Flame Ionization Detection Gas Chromatography. Experiment 19. Kinetics of the Decomposition of Pollutants in the Environment with an Application to Plasticizers. Experiment 20. Properties of Detergents: Surface Tension Measurement of Critical Micelle Concentration. IV. AIR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS. Experiment 21. Introduction to Air Sampling: Particulates in Urban Air. Experiment 22. Determination of the Concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere. Experiment 23. Collection and Chemistry of Acid Rain. Glossary. Acronyms. Index.

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