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~ ~ 6 6 0 Practical Chemistry
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: seven hours in semester
eight
Subject description
HPLC and GCIMS experiments.
Analysis of a food product using an atomic absorption
spectrometer.
Project.
~ ~ 6 6 1 Environmental Analysis and Control
7.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Analysis: review of analytical methods as applied to
environmental analytes. Covers compleximetric, acid-base,
chromatographic, electrochemical and spectrochemical
techniques. Practical work related to these techniques.
Control: use of process flow diagrams. Simple process
calculations (stoichiometry, combustion, heat and mass
balances).
Disposal and dispersal of pollutants -air, water and land
pollution. Current issues: acid rain, greenhouse effect, ozone
6. depletion, photo chemical pollution.
Case studieslfield trips.
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4 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
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Radiosotope methods. lmmunochemistry and its applications in
2. chemical and biochemical analysis. Computer analysis in
0 biochemistry. Use of spectroscopy for biochemical analysis (e.g.
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1 NMR, mass spec.).
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st665 Practical Biochemistry
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7.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Subject description
A major research project in biochemistry is carried out by the
student. An experimental exercise in support of SC662 lectures
on radioisotopes and immunology is scheduled late in the
semester.
sc667 Environmental Health Practice (3)
5 credit points
No, of hours per week: two hours
Subject description
Applied pest control encompassing: principals of taxonomy,
lifecycles and general characteristics of lnsect species, pest
species detection and identification, control measures and
techniques.
SC668
Research Project
16 credit points
No. of hours per week: eight hours
Subject description
Students undertake a research program on an environmental
health topic which can include science, engineering, law,
administrative or social issues.
SC670
Chemistry
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Subject description
Ion exchange and solvent extraction: principles and
applications in industrial, laboratory and biochemical situations.
Organic chemistry: carbocations, heterocyclics.
Laboratory analyzers, with specific discussion of detectors,
amplification, frequency response, digital systems and clinical
analyzers.
~ ~ 6 8 0 Practical Chemistry
5 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Subject description
HPLC and GUMS experiments.
Analysis of a food product using an atomic absorption
spectrometer.
Molecular modelling using the IRIS computer.
SC690
Computers in Chemistry
5.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Subject description
ANOVA, regression and experimental design.
Simplex optimisation.
HPLC optimisation.
Forecasting.
Project Management.
SC708 Scientific Communication 7
2 credit points
No. of hours per week: one hour
Subject description
Training and practice in the presentation of oral reports to
industrial, scientific and general audiences.
Special requirements of oral reporting, including the use of
audio-visual aids.
~~$709 Employment Experience
30 credit points
A six-month period of industry-based learning in the Graduate
Diploma in Industrial Chemistry. Students are supervised by a
member of the academic staff and are required to submit a
report to their employer and to their supervisor.