Course: Methods of Laboratory Research

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Course title Methods of Laboratory Research
Course code KGE/MLV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sulovský Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
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

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Introduction to modern laboratory research methods used in geology
Students shold be able to: - choose proper methods of sampling geological objects, ensuring representativeness and unbiased nature of samples. - employ methods of sample pre-treatment (including separation techniques), and select appropriate methods of classical chemical analysis - "wet chemistry" (gravimetry, titration, complexometry). - define which instrumental analytical methods (flame photometry, AES-ICP, ICP-MS, AAS, XRF, vibrational spectroscopies, XRD, SEM, EMPA, INAA) are appropriate for specific purposes or sample types. - recalculate the results of electron microprobe analyses and recognise the conclusions that can be derived from the results of the above spectroscopic analyses. - describe the processes controlling the behaviour of stable and radiogenic isotopes in geological environment.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Recommended literature
  • Blažek A. (1974). Termická analýza. Praha.
  • Borovec Z. (1985). Elektronová mikroskopie a elektronová difrakce. Praha.
  • Borovec, Z. (1992). Metody laboratorního výzkumu hornin a minerálů. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Dolníček Z., Sulovský P. (2013). Metody laboratorního výzkumu. Olomouc.
  • Faimon J. (1992). Základní metody analytické geochemie. Brno.
  • Hradský, J. (1986). Základy úpravnictví a technologie nerostných surovin. SPN Praha.
  • Hulínský V., Jurek K. (1983). Zkoumání látek elektronovým paprskem. Praha.
  • Jarkovský, J. (1960). Analýza silikátových hornín. SVTL Bratislava.


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