SUBJECT
Environmental analytical techniques 1.
laboratory
master
2
Semester 1
Autumn semester
The practical includes the application of analytical methods (introduced within the frame of the lecture) on „unknown” solid study materials (minerals, rocks or manmade materials, e.g., concrete). The students learn to study solids under the stereomicroscope, document them in drawing or photo (with scale), make a detailed and comprehensive macroscopic and microscopic description of the studied material. The students prepare a research report about their study, document the material, the applied analytical methods (analytical conditions, etc.), the results of the analysis, and compare it (wherever applicable) with scientific literature. This way they learn the basics of writing scientific papers. In the first part, focus is laid on the revision of the basic properties of crystalline materials (crystal morphology, cleavage, density, solubility, texture of composite materials), and the applied analytical methods are differential thermal analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and Raman spectroscopy.
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