Practical: Environmental Toxicology

Paper Code: 
25DENV 502B
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  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

25DENV 502B

Practical

Upon       completion     of

this      course,    students will:

CO61: Acquire        skills to identify environmental toxicants

CO62: Develop skills to identify toxicants in food

CO63: Develop understanding of working of equipments

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 equipments
    • 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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