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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
GESA0001-2  Chemical and physico-chemical analysis of waters

Duration :  8h Th, 16h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 2nd year2
Lecturer :  Jean-Paul Barthelemy
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
- Review of a smattering of quantitative analytical chemistry.
- Sampling and samples preservation.
- The study of physico-chemical characteristics: pH, conductivity,
- The notions of acidity, alkalinity, hardness.
- The various forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in waters.
- The determination of dissolved gases.
- Pollution tracers, COD.
- The determination of ions (cations and anions) and toxic elements.
- Introduction to principal instrumental technics in water analysis.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
To tackle the fundamentals of the composition and the examination of waters and wastewaters.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- understand the techniques of analyses of waters;
- organize and carry out the usual analyses of waters;
- interprete and comment on the results of the analysis.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
-- CHIM9238-1- Analytical chemistry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures : 8h
Laboratory: 16h
Recommended or required readings :  
Lecture-notes
L'analyse de l'eau. Eaux naturelles, aux résiduaires, eaux de mer. Chimie, physico-chimie, microbiologie, biologie, interprétation des résultats.(J. RODIER) 8e éd., 1184 p., 1996, Dunod, Paris.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination (70%)
Personal report (30%)
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Barthélemy, Jean-Paul (Professeur Part-time) Analytical Chemistry 081 62 22 23 jean-paul.barthelemy@ulg.ac.be (barthelemy.jp@fsagx.ac.be)



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