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| CEV5190 | Chemical Speciation in Environment | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. H. Basri ŞENTÜRK | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | aims to provide environmental chemists with a detailed understanding of the importance of particular chemical forms in the environment. It considers operational definitions of chemical species and methods for their measurement |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | use of computer speciation model to calculate metal-ligand equilibria in natural waters | 1,9,11,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | appreciate the power and limitations of speciation models | 1,3,4,8,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | understand the importance of quality control procedures in chemical speciation analysis | 5,6 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | develope a critical approach towards case studies and literature based exercises in order to eventually develope a suitable speciation methodology | 1,2,3,5 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| What is meant by speciation? Equilibrium constantsstrategies for the analysis of labile equilibrium systems including sampling, the scope and application of chemical speciation analysis, potential future application of chemical speciation analysisUse of the visual MINTEQ computer models for speciation calculations |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction,defination of speciation | | | Week 2 | General strategies for speciation | | | Week 3 | Direct methods of metal speciation | | | Week 4 | Hybrid methods of speciation | | | Week 5 | Predicting chemical speciation and computer simulation | | | Week 6 | Quality control in speciation studies for environmental monitoring | | | Week 7 | Speciation of metals in the atmosphere | | | Week 8 | Speciation in freshwaters | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Speciation in seawaters | | | Week 11 | speciation in soils | | | Week 12 | speciation of trace metals in sediments | | | Week 13 | speciation of radionuclides | | | Week 14 | Speciation of metals in biyological systems | | | Week 15 | Speciation of metaloids in biyological systems | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Ure,A.M. Davidson,C.M.,1995; Chemical Speciation in the Environment,Blackie,Glasgow | | | |
| 1 | Broekart,J.A.C. Gucer,Ş.,Adams,F., 1999; Metal Speciationin the Environment,Springer-Verlag,Berlin | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 29/04/2013 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | 08/05/2013 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 03/06/2013 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 30 | 1 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 18 | 2 | 36 | | Diğer 2 | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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