Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry

A comprehensive set of real–world environmental laboratory experiments integrating air, soil, and water analysis into one laboratory manual
The gold standard of any scientific experiment or procedure is repeatability. Any peer should be able to produce similar results by working from the laboratory notes of the original investigator. The practice of environmental chemistry demands an even higher standard, that of "legal defensibility." Since any laboratory monitoring, no matter how routine, can easily end up as evidence in a pollution case, lab notebooks must not only show proper, repeatable scientific procedures, but also must do so in a standardized format subject to legal scrutiny.
Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry is a stand–alone, complete summary of laboratory work for environmental chemistry students. It presents a richly detailed set of classroom–tested experiments along with background information, safety and hazard notes, a list of chemicals and solutions needed, data collection sheets where necessary, and blank pages so students can compile results and summarize findings.
This useful resource also: Focuses on environmental, i.e., "dirty" samplesStresses critical concepts like analysis techniques and documentationIncludes water, air, and sediment experimentsIncludes an interactive software package for pollutant fate and transport modeling exercisesFunctions as a student portfolio of documentation abilities for job or graduate school applicationsOffers instructors actual samples of student work for troubleshooting, notes on each procedure, and procedures for solutions preparation
In addition to its comprehensive presentation of laboratory and documentation exercises, this text emphasizes the essential skill of statistical analysis. A widely applicable spreadsheet exercise greatly increases student understanding of data analysis techniques and correct instrument calibration.
Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry provides the best and most exhaustive laboratory manual for advanced undergraduates or graduates studying instrumental analysis, environmental chemistry, or advanced analytical techniques.

Spis treści:
PREFACE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
TO THE INSTRUCTOR.
PART 1: PRELIMINARY EXERCISES.
1. How to Keep a Legally Defensible Laboratory Notebook.
2. Statistical Analysis.
3. Field Sampling Equipment for Environmental Samples.
PART 2: EXPERIMENTS FOR AIR SAMPLES.
4. Determination of Henry’s Law Constants.
5. Global Warming: Determining If a Gas Is Infrared Active.
6. Monitoring the Presence of Hydrocarbons in Air around Gasoline Stations.
PART 3: EXPERIMENTS FOR WATER SAMPLES.
7. Determination of an Ion Balance for a Water Sample.
8. Measuring the Concentration of Chlorinated Pesticides in Water Samples.
9. Determination of Chloride, Bromide, and Fluoride in Water Samples.
10. Analysis of Nickel Solutions by Ultraviolet–Visible Spectrometry.
PART 4: EXPERIMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE.
11. Determination of the Composition of Unleaded Gasoline Using Gas Chromatography.
12. Precipitation of Metals from Hazardous Waste.
13. Determination of the Nitroaromatics in Synthetic Wastewater from a Munitions Plant.
14. Determination of a Surrogate Toxic Metal in a Simulated Hazardous Waste Sample.
15. Reduction of Substituted Nitrobenzenes by Anaerobic Humic Acid Solutions.
PART 5: EXPERIMENTS FOR SEDIMENT AND SOIL SAMPLES.
16. Soxhlet Extraction and Analysis of a Soil or Sediment Sample Contaminated with n–Pentadecane.
17. Determination of a Clay–Water Distribution Coefficient for Copper.
PART 6: WET EXPERIMENTS.
18. Determination of Dissolved Oxygen in Water Using the Winkler Method.
19. Determ ination of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand of Sewage Influent.
20. Determination of Inorganic and Organic Solids in Water Samples: Mass Balance Exercise.
21. Determination of Alkalinity of Natural Waters.
22. Determination of Hardness in a Water Sample.
PART 7: FATE AND TRANSPORT CALCULATIONS.
23. pC–pH Diagrams: Equilibrium Diagrams for Weak Acid and Base Systems.
24. Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Rivers and Streams.
25. Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Lake Systems.
26. Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Groundwater Systems.
27. Transport of Pollutants in the Atmosphere.
28. Biochemical Oxygen Demand and the Dissolved Oxygen Sag Curve in a Stream: Streeter–Phelps Equation.
APPENDIX A: Periodic Table.
INDEX.

Nota biograficzna:
FRANK DUNNIVANT teaches at Whitman College after having worked for several labs such as Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, and the Swiss Federal Institute for Water and Waste Water Pollution. He has also taught at Clemson University and Hartwick College. He has extensive experience with practical applications, research, and writing on environmental engineering and analytical science.

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A comprehensive set of real–world environmental laboratory experiments integrating air, soil, and water analysis into one laboratory manual
The gold standard of any scientific experiment or procedure is repeatability. Any peer should be able to produce similar results by working from the laboratory notes of the original investigator. The practice of environmental chemistry demands an even higher standard, that of "legal defensibility." Since any laboratory monitoring, no matter how routine, can easily end up as evidence in a pollution case, lab notebooks must not only show proper, repeatable scientific procedures, but also must do so in a standardized format subject to legal scrutiny.
Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry is a stand–alone, complete summary of laboratory work for environmental chemistry students. It presents a richly detailed set of classroom–tested experiments along with background information, safety and hazard notes, a list of chemicals and solutions needed, data collection sheets where necessary, and blank pages so students can compile results and summarize findings.
This useful resource also: Focuses on environmental, i.e., "dirty" samplesStresses critical concepts like analysis techniques and documentationIncludes water, air, and sediment experimentsIncludes an interactive software package for pollutant fate and transport modeling exercisesFunctions as a student portfolio of documentation abilities for job or graduate school applicationsOffers instructors actual samples of student work for troubleshooting, notes on each procedure, and procedures for solutions preparation
In addition to its comprehensive presentation of laboratory and documentation exercises, this text emphasizes the essential skill of statistical analysis. A widely applicable spreadsheet exercise greatly increases student understanding of data analysis techniques and correct instrument calibration.
Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry provides the best and most exhaustive laboratory manual for advanced undergraduates or graduates studying instrumental analysis, environmental chemistry, or advanced analytical techniques.