CHEM 4700 - Practicum

The Practicum offers chemistry students an in-house cooperative experience in performing analytical tests under the direction of the Alfred Environmental Laboratory which is accredited by the Center for Laboratories and Research of the New York State Department of Health. Environmental water tests include: bacteriology, metals, nutrients, oxygen demand/residue, minerals, physical properties, priority pollutant phenols, chlorinated hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatics and pesticides. References used for testing procedures include: "Standard Methods of Water and Wastewater", and the "EPA Manual of Methods for the Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes." Both wet chemical and instrumental methods are used for the analysis of organic and inorganic chemicals.