| Course title | Methods of Laboratory Research |
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| Course code | KGE/MELVE |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Exercise |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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1. Introduction, sampling of geological materials, sample representativeness, preliminary treatment and preparation of samples for analysis. 2. Sampling of environmental samples - water, soil, recent sediments, air 3. Separation methods, grain-size analysis 4. Measurement of physical properties of rocks and minerals -specific gravity, microhardness, nanoindentation, reflectance, volour, magnetic susceptibility 5. Classical chemical analysis (decomposition), examples of methods for different tasks ("wet" rock analysis, complex soil analysis, analysis of contaminated sediments, water analysis) 6. Emission spectroscopies -flame photometry, AES-ICP, ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, XPS, XRF, INAA) 7. Absorption spectrioscopies - AAS, IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy 8. Thermal analysis methods 9. Radioactivity of rocks and minerals 10. Examples of spectroscopic methods applied in environmental monitioring 11. Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM) 12. Electron microanalysis 13. X-ray diffraction, qualitative and quantitative phase analysis, exaples of application
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Environmental Hazards and Climate Change (2021) | Category: Geography courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |