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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
GESA0002-1  Measurement and analysis of polluants

Duration :  18h Th, 6h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master en sciences agronomiques et industrie du vivant, à finalité approfondie, 2nd yearSecond semester2
Master en sciences agronomiques et industrie du vivant, à finalité spécialisée en valorisation biologique des déchets, 2nd yearSecond semester2
Lecturer :  Georges Lognay
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
1. Description of the sources of pollution and the pollutants. Significance.
2. Analytical aspects of the characterisation and the determination of pollutants. Metrology in the environmental analysis techniques, applications and quality assurance.
3. Sample collection, initial treatment and general procedures in chemical analysis of ecological materials (soils, plants, waters, ...)
4. Sampling methods, pretreatment, analytical methods for wastes, sludges, sediments.
5. Pollution monitoring in the environment. Standardized methods measuring gazeous and particulates pollutants.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Initiate the student into the principal methods of the environmental analytical chemistry based of ECC purposes, laws, decrees... about environmental quality.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- evaluate the results of an environmental and chemical analysis;
- develop a practival know-how in the science of the environment.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
-- CHIM9237-1- General chemistry
-- CHIM9240-1- Organic chemistry (first part)
-- CHIM9238-1- Analytical chemistry
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures : 18h
Practical Works : 6h
Recommended or required readings :  
A.O.A.C.
Méthodes E.P.A ; I.B.N.; AFNOR...
Législation (Moniteur belge, J.O.C.E.,...)
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination (100%)
Contacts :  
Lognay, Georges (Professeur Ordinaire)
+32 81/62.22.20
Georges.Lognay@ulg.ac.be


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