Text for Laboratory Experiments

Environmental Chemistry: Experiments and Demonstrations

Ondrus, Martin G.

1996. . 2nd Edition. Wuerz Publishing, Ltd. Winnipeg, Canada swuerz@wuerzpubl.mb.ca

ISBN 0-920063-69-1

Table of content

1. Cu and As in Treated Wood

2. Effect of heavy metal ions on the growth of microorganisms

3. Analysis of phosphate in water

4. Phosphates in detergents

5. Ion selective electrodes

6. Salts in water

7. Acidity and alkalinity of drinking water

8. Total coliform determination by membrane filtration

9. Measurement of dissolved oxygen, BOD5, and rate of oxygen adsorption in water

10. Identification of food dyes by paper chromatography

11. Molecular models

12. Identification of FD&C dyes by visible spectrophotometry

13. Detection of fuel components by gas chromatography

14. Determination of heat of combustion of coal using bomb calorimetry

15. Heat of combustion and efficiency of heat transfer

16. Measurement of sulfur content in coal

17. Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water

18. Oxides of sulfur, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, magnesium, and calcium

19. Sampling of NOx and particulates

20. Preparation and properties of ozone

21. Gas-phase analysis of air components and air pollutants using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

22. Exponential decay of a transition metal complex ion

23. Single-digestion procedure for determining phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and nitrogen in plant tissue