Course: General and Applied Electrochemistry for Environment

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Course title General and Applied Electrochemistry for Environment
Course code UECHI/C869
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotný Ladislav, prof. Dr. Ing. DrSc.
Course content
Introduction to electrochemistry: potentiometric equilibrium, Nernst-Peterson equation I. and II. Faraday principles, polarization, polarization curves and characterization of electrode processes Rate of electrode processes, equation of polarization curve Reversibility and irreversibility of electrode processes, liquid potential Principle and usage of adsorptive voltammetry for the observation of surface active substances Comparison of adsorptive and depolarization signals, importance and application in the environment Principles of polarization; DC-voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry Principles of AC, pulse, differential pulse, depolarization, adsorptive-desorptive and combined modes of analysis Stripping and adsorptive electrochemical modes, properties of mercury electrode and solid electrodes Principles and application of coulometry, chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry Actual usage of polarization in environment protection Examples of electrochemical technologies with the environmental influences Potentiometry Biosensors

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of this subject is to familiarize the students with basics of general and application electrochemistry, new principles and usage possibilities in various areas of environment creation and protection.
Students can apply the obtained knowledge in different fields; in laboratory and also in running of the enterprise, during the field work and also at the office, in area of water service, environmental science, industrial production, building industries, geology, hygiene, agriculture and medicine, pharmacy, mining and elaboration of minerals, etc.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of instrumental analysis in the scope of bachelor study of technical chemistry.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

The final exam has only oral part.
Recommended literature
  • Horáková M.,Lischke P., Grünwald K. Chemické a fyzikální metody analýzy vod, 1989, Praha.
  • Kalvoda R. Elektroanalytická chemie životního prostředí. SNTL, Praha, 1985.
  • Koryta J., Dvořák J. Principles of Electrochemistry. New York, 1987.
  • Novotný L. aktualizované učební texty z ?Elektroanalytické chemie?. Univerzita Pardubice.
  • Novotný L. aktualizované učební texty z ?Obecné a aplikované elektrochemie pro ŽP. Univerzita Pardubice.
  • Novotný L. UNESCO Lab. of Environm. Electrochem.. Praha, 1995.
  • Scholz F. (Ed.). Electroanalytical Methods. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002.
  • Vodrážka Z. Biochemie. Academia Praha, 1999.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Environment Protection (2015) Category: Ecology and environmental protection 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Environment Protection (2016) Category: Ecology and environmental protection 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Environment Protection (2013) Category: Ecology and environmental protection 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer