Course code:
522S1		 Course name:
Organic Pollutants

Academic year:

2019/2020.

Attendance requirements:

200A1 + 200E1

ECTS:

10

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 3. year, summer semester, elective (E12S1) course

Teacher:

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

Assistant:

Gordana Đ. Gajica, Ph.D.
senior research associate, 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 main goal of this course is to introduce students to the fate of this type of pollutants in all segments of the environment, primarily in soil and water. Organic compounds have been the main source of pollution in the last 100 years and the research in the field of organic pollutants has developed into a separate scientific discipline.

Outcome:

Within this course, the student acquires the knowledge of organic pollutants and their fate in the environment, which is necessary for forming an expert in the field of environmental chemistry.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, laboratory classes.

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 pages, available in Serbian)

Supplementary coursebooks:

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

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. Mirex and endrin.
  6. Heptachlor.
  7. Hexachlorobenzene.
  8. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
  9. Chlordecone.
  10. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT).
  11. Hexabromobiphenyl.
  12. Hexachlorocyclohexane.
  13. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins.
  14. Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs).
  15. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Labwork:

10 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Sampling of an oil-type pollutant in soil.
  2. Sampling of an oil-type pollutant in surface water.
  3. Sampling of an oil-type pollutant in groundwater.
  4. Sampling of an oil-type pollutant in the air.
  5. Determination of API-gravity of petroleum.
  6. Determination of the asphaltene and maltene content in petroleum.
  7. Determination of the group composition.
  8. Isolation of normal alkanes using carbamide.
  9. Gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of saturated hydrocarbons.
  10. Gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of carbamide adducts (n-alkanes).
  11. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis of the alkane fraction (polycyclic alkanes).
  12. - 15. Identification of POPs in samples from the environment.

Colloquia:

20 points

Oral exam:

60 points