ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Maurizio CAROTENUTO ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

0512700013
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1CHIMICA ANALITICA AMBIENTALE (MODULO DI CHIMICA ANALITICA AMBIENTALE)
648LESSONS
2LABORATORIO DI ANALITICA E ANALITICA STRUMENTALE (MODULO DI CHIMICA ANALITICA AMBIENTALE)
324LESSONS
336LAB
Objectives
THE AIMS OF THE TEACHING ARE PART OF THE THREE-YEAR DEGREE COURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION WITH THE AIM, IN PARTICULAR, OF HIGHLIGHTING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE PREVENTION OF THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE TEACHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY FOCUSED ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE KNOWLEDGE TOOLS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN NATURAL AND ANTROPICATED ENVIRONMENTS. THIS THEACHING HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF CONTRIBUTING TO FORM A PROFESSIONAL FIGURE THAT IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS THE POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN WATER, AIR AND SOILS, AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO USE ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO OPERATE IN AN ANALYSIS LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTAL OR QUALITY CONTROL.

WITH REGARD TO KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING
THE TEACHING PROVIDES:
- THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY.
- THE EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE USEFUL FOR CONDUCTING CHEMICAL ANALYSES USING CLASSICAL, SPECTROSCOPIC AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES.
- KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION.
- THE MAIN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND RELATED ERRORS.

WITH REGARD TO THE ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING
THE TEACHING ENABLES THE STUDENT TO
- DEAL WITH PROBLEMS RELATED TO CHEMICAL ANALYSES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD.
- PERFORM QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSES ON DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES.
- EVALUATE THE DATA OBTAINED DURING THE EXERCISES IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE QUALITY OF THE ANALYTICAL RESULT.
- EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF POLLUTANTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH.

WITH REGARD TO AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE TEACHING ENABLES THE STUDENT TO:
- HAVE THE ABILITY TO AUTONOMOUSLY INTERPRET AND JUDGE THE DATA OBTAINED DURING THE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS.
- REFLECT AUTONOMOUSLY ON SCIENTIFIC ISSUES RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

WITH REGARD TO COMMUNICATION SKILLS
TEACHING ENABLES STUDENTS TO:
- BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION, IDEAS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS TO SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.

WITH REGARD TO LEARNING SKILLS
TEACHING ENABLES STUDENTS TO
- DEVELOP THOSE LEARNING SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO UNDERTAKE SUBSEQUENT STUDIES WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY.
Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Contents
THE TEACHING IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MODULES: A MODULE (ANALYTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY) OF THEORETICAL CHARACTER (6 CFU, 48 HOURS) AND A MODULE (LABORATORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY) OF APPLICATION CHARACTER (6 CFU, 60 HOURS).
IN THE THEORETICAL MODULE THE BASICS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY ARE DEALED WITH, STARTING FROM THE CONCEPTS OF MASS AND VOLUME AND ARRIVING UP TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST COMMON ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE MODULE WILL BE STRUCTURED AS FOLLOWS:
- CHEMICAL PHYSICAL BASIS (1 CFU, 8 HOURS): UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND VALUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND MEASUREMENT ERRORS, CONCEPTS OF MASS, VOLUME, MOLE, CONCENTRATIONS, ETC.
- CLASSICAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2 CFU, 16 HOURS): CHEMICAL ACTIVITY AND CHEMICAL BALANCE, SOLUBILITY AND GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS, ACID-BASE TITRATIONS, REDOX TITRATIONS, COMPLEXIMETRIC TITRATIONS, ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
- INSTRUMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2 CFU, 24 HOURS): CONDUCTIVITY, POTENTIOMETRY, INTRODUCTION TO SPECTROSCOPY, ATOMIC ABSORPTION, UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY. INTRODUCTION TO CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATIONS, LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY.
- APPLICATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD (1 CFU, 8 HOURS): CHARACTERIZATION AND SELECTION OF ANALYTICAL METHODS, ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICS, ANALYSIS OF THE MOST COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS.
IN THE LABORATORY MODULE EXERCISES WILL BE DONE IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE LABORATORY TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPTS LEARNED IN THE THEORETICAL MODULE. IN PARTICULAR, THE MODULE WILL BE STRUCTURED AS FOLLOWS:
- CLASSROOM EXERCISES (3 CFU, 24 HOURS): ADVANCED STECHIOMETRY, BALANCING OF REDOX REACTIONS, ACID-BASE REACTIONS, MULTIPLE BALANCES IN SOLUTION.
- LABORATORY EXERCISES (3 CFU, 36 HOURS): 8 EXERCISES OF 4 HOURS EACH WITH RELATIVE THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM (2 HOURS): EXERCISES WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL® CALCULATION SHEET, CALCULATION OF A VOLUMETRIC DEVICE, DETERMINATION ACID-BASE WITH INDICATOR (PREPARATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF A NAOH SOLUTION), COMPLEXOMETRIC TITRATION WITH INDICATOR (PREPARATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF AN EDTA SOLUTION - DETERMINATION OF THE HARDNESS OF A WATER SAMPLE), CONDUCTIMETRIC CONDUCTIVITY ANALYSIS (MEASUREMENT OF THE SAMPLES '' WATER, DETERMINATION OF THE CONCENTRATION OF BICARBONATES IN A WATER SAMPLE), POTENTIOMETRIC ANALYSIS (PH MEASUREMENT OF WATER SAMPLES - DETERMINATION OF THE ACIDITY OF A COMMERCIAL VINEGAR THROUGH POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION / VISPETROMETRIC VISUALIZATION ANALYSIS) OF WASTE WATER - DETERMINATION OF ORTHOPHOSPHATES IN WATER SAMPLES), SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS HE OF ATOMIC ABSORPTION (DETERMINATION OF METALS IN A SOIL SAMPLE), CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS (DETERMINATION OF ANIONS IN A WATER SAMPLE OF A RIVER).
Teaching Methods
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY MODULE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TEACHING CONSISTS OF LECTURES FOR A TOTAL OF 48 HOURS (6 CFU).
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY MODULE OF THE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TEACHING CONSISTS OF LECTURES FOR A TOTAL OF 24 HOURS (3 CFU) AND CLASS EXERCISES AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCES FOR A TOTAL OF 36 HOURS (3 CFU). THE ATTENDANCE OF THE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY MODULE IS COMPULSORY FOR 2/3 OF THE LABORATORY HOURS.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN AND AN ORAL TEST.
IN THE WRITTEN TEST THE STUDENT WILL HAVE TO SOLVE THE EXERCISES RELATING TO THE PROGRAM CARRIED OUT (REDOX BALANCING, ACID-BASE REACTIONS, CALCULATIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SOLUTIONS AND DILUTIONS, DETERMINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS USING THE EXERCISING LABELS).
IN THE WRITTEN TEST IT IS ALLOWED TO CONSULT THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS AND USE THE CALCULATOR. THE USE OF THE CALCULATOR FUNCTION ON OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES (EX. MOBILE PHONES OR COMPUTERS) IS FORBIDDEN.
DURING THE ORAL EXAM, THE STUDENT WILL SHOW THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF BASIC ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS) AND THE THEORETICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF ANALYTICAL, CLASSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE LABORATORY.

THE MAXIMUM VOTE (30/30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT SHOWS A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE and is able to ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TOPICS COVERED.
PRAISE MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WHO REACH THE MAXIMUM VOTE OF 30/30 AND WHO PROVE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY AUTONOMY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED EVEN IN CONTEXTS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED IN THE LESSON
Texts
- D. HAGE E J.D. CARR, CHIMICA ANALITICA E ANALISI QUANTITATIVA, PICCIN
- D.C. HARRIS, FONDAMENTI DI CHIMICA ANALITICA, ZANICHELLI
- A.I. VOGEL, ANALISI CHIMICA QUANTITATIVA, CEA
- R. COZZI, P. PROTTI, T. RUARO, ELEMENTI DI CHMICA ANALITICA STRUMENTALE -TECNICHE DI ANALISI PER CHIMICA E MATERIALI, ZANICHELLI
- J.R. TAYLOR, INTRODUZIONE ALL’ANALISI DEGLI ERRORI, ZANICHELLI
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