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This laboratory is a survey of the analytical techniques and sample preparation methods related to environmental chemistry. The labs will cover the determination of chloride ion in natural waters, determination of hardness in natural waters, determination of iron and manganese in natural waters by spectrophotometry and colorimetry, determination of trace metals by atomic absorption spectrometry, spectrophotometric determination of the chemical oxygen demand of natural and wastewaters, pattern recognition of petroleum products using gas chromatography, properties of detergents, determination of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and the collection and chemistry of acid rain. Wherever possible, students will be performing their analyses on real environmental samples.


Co-requisites: CHE 244


This course is currently only offered in even numbered years