| course title: | course no. | semester |
| Organic trace analysis of environmental samples | E05 | WS or SS |
| course type: | hrs/week | ECTS |
| laboratory | 25 | 25 |
| Lecturer: | Tomasz Gierczak, Ph.D. |
| Department: | Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warszawa |
| Contact: | phone:
(+48 22) 8224 881 ext. 416
fax: (+48 22) 8230 123 e-mail: gierczak@chem.uw.edu.pl |
| Course status: | Diploma work laboratory in M.Sc. curriculum. |
| Course description: | Qualitative and quantitative analysis of trace organic pollutants in environmental samples using capillary gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques. Sample acquisition and trace organic pollutants enrichment. Statistical methods in the evaluation of experimental errors. |
| Course objectives: | The student should be able to individually carry out the analysis of a given trace organic pollutants in environmental samples. |
| Level: | Ph.D. students level |
| Course duration: | Two semesters |
| Language: | English |
| Teaching method: | Laboratory |
| Prerequisites: | The knowledge of analytical chemistry and fundamentals of chromatographic techniques |
| Teaching aids: | Textbooks, abstracts and and reprints of relevant scientific paper are available |
| Examination method: | No examination |
| Registration for course: | With lecturer, min. 1 month before begin of the semester |