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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Química |
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| Environment and Quality |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Environment and Quality | Code | 610G01037 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Fourth | Optional | 4.5 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Chapter 1. Environmental Analytical Chemistry. | Scope. Definitions and types of pollution. The need for Analytical Chemistry to study the environmental problems. Types of analyses. Basic knowledge on environmental legislation. |
| Chapter 2. Main atmospheric pollutants. Analytical control. | Atmospheric pollution: emision and inmision. Major pollutants and their sources. Their effects on health and the environment. Parameters to state the quality of the air. Surveillance and control nets. Legislation. Sampling and Analytical research of the main atmospheric pollutants. |
| Chapter 3. Analytical control of aquatic pollution. |
Physico-Chemical characterization of natural water. Main parameters to define the water quality. Major pollutants and their sources. Legislation. Sampling: water, sediments and living organisms. Analytical research of the main pollutants in aquatic environments. |
| Chapter 4. Main pollutants in soils and vegetables: their sources and the effects they produce. Analytical control. | Soils as a receptor of residues and spillages. Origin, transport and fate of main pollutants. Legislation. Sampling: soils and vegetation. Analytical research of the main pollutants. |
| Chapter 5. Quality in Analytical Laboratories. | Definition of Quality and Quality in an analytical laboratory. The customer's perspective. The within-laboratory perspective. Quality as a process. |
| Chapter 6. International models to Quality Management. | Formal definition of Quality. ISO 9000, ISO 17025. Main aspects. Some usual difficulties in their applications. Some critical aspects that determine quality in a laboratory. Basic management tools: Pareto's diagram, Ishikawa's plots, afinity charts. Control charts. other tools. |
| Chapter 7. A brief introduction to the Environmental Management systems. | Taguchi's idea. Role of the companies in environmental protection. Brief introduction to ISO 14000 and the EU EMAS system. |
| Laboratory classes | They try to mimic the overall process from sampling to reporting results. The measurements of some common environmental quality parameters will be carried out. |
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