Environmental Chemistry - I
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The official GTU curriculum for Environmental Chemistry - I (subject code DI03013041) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 38 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI03013041)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Analysis
- Basic information related to Physical
- Chemical and Biological Parameters
- Causes of environmental pollution
- Laboratory wares:Types and Uses
- Cleaning solutions Methods of Cleaning laboratory wares
- Calibration of laboratory wares and importance Instruments used in Environmental Engg
- Types Uses and Importance of instruments
- Calibration of instruments Method of preparing distilled water and Standard solutions Standard methods of analysis-Gravimetric
- Nephelometry Process involved in analysis like Precipitation
- Drying and Desiccation Expression of results
Unit 2 Sampling for Analysis
- Sampling methods: Systematic
- continuous monitoring Types of sample: Grab & composite samples
- Solid Phase extractors Water sample preservation by refrigeration
- addition of preservatives and use of proper container Precautions to be taken while transportation of samples
- Types of error
- detection limits
Unit 3 Testing of Physical, Chemical and Biological parameters
- Classical methods of analysis : Volumetric analysis
- gravimetric analysis
- titration Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Environmental Engineering Course / Subject Code : DI03013041 Course / Subject Name : Environmental Chemistry - I Standard procedure for analysis of physical parameters like Turbidity
- taste odor and temperature Standard procedure for analysis of chemical parameters like pH, Alkalinity
- Total solid
- Total dissolve solid
- Total suspended solid
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
- Oil and Grease Standard procedure for analysis of biological parameters like Biological Oxygen demand and Chemical Oxygen demand
Unit 4 Advanced methods of testing
- Lambert’s law, Beer’s law, Color comparison tubes
- Photo electric colorimeter Absorption spectrophotometry
- atomic absorption and emission analysis
- atomic emission techniques Gas chromatography
- high performance liquid chromatography
- Ion chromatography Other instrumental analysis like X-ray analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Unit 5 Errors and Treatment of statistical data
- Rounding numerical data Total solid Definitions: Mean
- standard deviation
- accuracy and precision
- normal distribution Standard error of the mean
- Confidence interval
- confidence limits Instrument detection limit and method detection limit
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