Practical: Environmental Toxicology

Paper Code: 
24DENV502B
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

  1. To get acquaintance with the basic working principles of various scientific instruments.
  2. Develop analytical skills for identification of Environmental contaminants in various samples.

Course Outcomes

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course  Code

Course Title

24DENV 502B

Practical: Environmental Toxicology

CO61: Acquire        skills to identify environmental toxicants.

CO62: Develop skills to identify toxicants in food.

CO63: Develop understanding of working of equipment.

CO64: Develop skills for detection of toxicants in the environment.

CO65: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Conduction of practical

exercises, Interpretation of results obtained after conduction of

practicals, field visits

Learning activities

for the students:

Preparation of flow charts for conduction of practical exercises, Interpretation of results, Correlating results with environmental conditions factors

 

Preparation of

practical records,

Viva Voce, Class

Test, Semester End

Examination

 

Contents

  • Acquaintance with commonly used equipment
    • Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
    • Spectrophotometer
    • Flame photometer
  • Estimation of metals in Air, Soil and Water samples using spectrophotometer/ Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
  • Identification of additives in food samples
    • Nitrate and Nitrite in Foods
    • Non Nutritive Sweeteners
    • Food colours
  • Identification of adulteration in food samples
    • Detection of Added Water in Milk
    • Detection of Added Sulphates in Milk
    • Detection of Sodium Chloride in Milk
    • Detection of Lead Salts in Turmeric Powder
    • Detection of Lead Chromate in Turmeric Powder

Note: Any other practical exercise (related to theory) may be conducted besides the ones mentioned above.

 

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