Course code:
1522S		 Course name:
Organic Pollutants

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

1201A + 1202A

ECTS:

10

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 3. year, summer semester, elective (1IP2S) course

Teacher:

Branimir S. Jovančićević, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Aleksandra M. Šajnović, Ph.D.
junior research assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoševa 12, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures + five hours of labwork (3+0+5)

Goals:

The aim of this course is that student meets the fate of this type pollutants in all segments of the environment, primarily in the soil and water. Organic compounds are the main source of pollution in the period of last 100 years and their investigations grew in the separate scientific discipline.

Outcome:

The study outcome are knowledge which is necessary for the forming the expert in the field of environmental chemistry.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, exercises.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  1. B. Jovančićević: published papers
  2. B. Jovančićević: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), Internal script, 2006.
  3. B. Jovančićević: Practice in Organic Geochemistry, Department of Chemistry - University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1999. (50 pp)

Supplementary coursebooks:

  1. D. Vitorović, B. Jovančićević: Organic Geochemistry, Department of Chemistry - University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 2005. (249 pp)

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Oil type pollutants.
  2. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
  3. Aldrin and dieldrin.
  4. Chlordane and toxaphene.
  5. Mireks and endrin.
  6. Heptachlor.
  7. Hexachlorobenzene.
  8. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
  9. Chlordecone.
  10. DDT.
  11. Hexabromobiphenyl.
  12. Hexachlorocyclohexane.
  13. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (dioxins).
  14. Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (furans).
  15. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs.

Labwork:

10 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

1. Oil pollutant sampling in soil.

2. Oil pollutant sampling in surface water.

3. Oil pollutant sampling in ground water.

4. Oil pollutant sampling in air.

5. Oil API-gravity determination.

6. Oil asphaltene and maltene determination.

7. Oil group composition determination.

8. Carbamide procedure.

9. Gas chromatographic (GC) analyses of saturated hydrocarbons.

10. Gas chromatographic (GC) analyses of carbamide adducts (n-alkanes).

11. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analyses of alkane fractions (polycyclic alkanes).

12-15. Identification od POPs in samples from the environment.

Colloquia:

20 points

Oral exam:

60 points