Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry

Book excerpt: A comprehensive set of real-world environmental laboratoryexperiments This complete summary of laboratory work presents a richlydetailed set of classroom-tested experiments along with backgroundinformation, safety and hazard notes, a list of chemicals andsolutions needed, data collection sheets, and blank pages forcompiling results and findings. This useful resource also: Focuses on environmental, i.e., "dirty" samples Stresses critical concepts like analysis techniques anddocumentation Includes water, air, and sediment experiments Includes an interactive software package for pollutant fate andtransport modeling exercises Functions as a student portfolio of documentationabilities Offers instructors actual samples of student work fortroubleshooting, notes on each procedure, and procedures forsolutions preparation.