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CHEM203 Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

Updated: 01 May 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
23 September 2009 27 September 2009 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites CHEM120 or CHEM110 with permission of the head of school or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) DAVID TUCKER (dtucker1@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Analytical techniques applied to water and atmospheric samples; sample preparation, pH measurements, conductometric methods. Molecular and atomic spectroscopies. Trace element analysis. Gas and liquid chromatographic methods. Air chemistry; stratospheric chemistry, ground-level pollution, greenhouse effect. Toxic organic chemicals. Water chemistry.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
ISBN: 9780030355233
Skoog, D.A., West, D.M. and Holler, F.J., Brooks/Cole 8th ed. 2003
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional
Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Environmental Chemistry
ISBN: 9781429201469
Baird, C. and Cann, M., Freeman 4th ed. 2008
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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