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Details on the Courses Offered 1. Lecturers: Professors, experts and technicians in the CLU 2. Language: English 3. Applied field: include the use of instruments, result treatment.. . . . . . 4. Certificate: will be awarded by the university after passing an exam. Attendee who chose not

to take the exam will be given certificate for attending the courses. However, they have to attend at least 80% of the courses (4 out of five days).

5. Place: Central Laboratories UnitfOffice of researcWQatar University. (Located in Art and Science building, corridor # 3)

1- Monitoring of Industrial Pollution Duration: 5 days. (December 21 (Sun) - 25 (Thu) 12008); (from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm) Activities: Lectures and Exercises Cost: RQ 2000 per participant

Detailed Subjects ( 1 Air quality and pollution

Air composition. Air pollution. Primary air pollutants Secondary air pollutants Nature and characteristics of air pollutants Sources of air pollutants Industrial activities and nature of their main emissions. Criteria for selecting pollutants and emission points to be monitor Formulation of a pollution monitoring plan.

(2) Air and gas samplers Rotary Vane, dual, venture pumps and gas flow meters. Dioxin sampler Low volume air sampler High volume air sampler Tedlar gas bag sampler Green-Berg Smith impinger gas sampler Passive -diffusive air sampler Badge gas sampler Isokinetic stack sampler Vacuum glass tube gas sampler

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(3) Gas emission monitoring equipment Portable electrochemical gas monitors Flue gas monitors Nondispersive infrared gas monitors Flame ionization gas detectors (FID) Differential absorption gas monitors, Lidar (DIAL) Tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer gas monitor (TDLAS) Long-path absorption gas monitor (DOAS) High-resolution Fourier transform gas monitors Chemiluminescence gas monitors Surface acoustic wave gas sensors. Catalytic bead (Pellistors) gas sensors. Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors. Colorimetric gas detection tubes Smoke light reflectance monitors Workplace single and multi gas monitors Dust monitors Real-time particulate monitors Laser dust monitors Volatile organic monitors

(4) Gas emission monitoring frequency Instant emission monitoring Occasional emission monitoring Regular emission monitoring Frequent emission monitoring Intensive emission monitoring Continuous emission monitoring On-line emission monitoring

(5) Weather and climate metrology The weather and climate , source , factors, variability and change The impact of climate on the quality and homogeneity of pollution monitoring data. Weather station sensors( Barometers, rainfall-meters, dust fall-meters , solar - meters, hygrometers, tachometers , thermometers , light- meters , hot wire anemometer, rotating Vane anemometer, ultrasonic anemometer Metrological parameters measured for air pollution assessment.

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(6) Standard methods of analysis of gaseous emissions Determination of indoor and point source emissions: Sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide. Ozone. Nitrogen oxides Total particulates PMlO, PM 5 , PM 2.5 Hydrogen chloride. Hydrofluoric acid. Metals. Carbon monoxide. Hydrogen sulfide Total hydrocarbons. Volatile organic hydrocarbons. Ammonia. Chlorine. Fluorine. Hydrocyanic acid.

(7) Data recording, handling, treatment and reporting Pollution loads. Quality control/quality assurance for emission monitoring. Control charts. Interpretation of control charts. Data treatment and interpretation. Records, reporting and data handling.

(8) National and international air quality standards Standards of ambient air quality according to the local law Standards of point source emissions according the local law Standards of emissions from workplace according to the local law Global, regional and national air quality standards. Air pollution control and cleaning systems.

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2- Quality and IS0 Standards Duration: 5 days (April 12 (Sun) - 16 (Thu) 12009); (from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm) Activities: Lectures and Exercises Cost: RQ 2000 per participant

Detailed Subjects (1) Concept of Quality

Quality ControVQuality Assurance Quality Management Total Quality Management IS0 Standards General description of IS0 9000, 14000. 17000 and 18000 standards and detailed description of IS0 17025

(2) I S 0 9000: Quality Management Systems (3) I S 0 14000: Environmental Management Systems (4) OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health and Safety

(5) IS0 17799: Information Security Management (6) IS0 17025: Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories

What is IS0 17025? Management Requirements - Organization - Quality system - Document control - Review of requests, tenders and contracts - Subcontracting of tests and calibrations

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- Purchasing services and supplies - Service to client - Complaints - Control of nonconforming testing andlor calibration work - Corrective action - Preventive action - Control of records - Internal audits - Management reviews Technical Requirements - Personnel - Accommodation and environmental conditions - Test and calibration methods and method validation - Equipment - Measurement traceability - Sampling - Handling of test and calibration items - Assuring the quality of test and calibration results - Reporting the results

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3- Modern Methods of Industrial Analysis Duration: 5 days (April 19 (Sun) - 23 (Thu) 12009); (from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm) Activities: Lectures and Laboratory Practical Work Cost: RQ 2000 per participant

Detailed Subjects (1) Quality and safety requirements of laboratories

Laboratory quality management requirements: Laboratory organization and responsibilities, quality system, documents, records and reports control, control of non-conforming testing and calibration, corrective actions, preventive actions., internal audit, management review. Laboratory quality technical requirements: Standard operational procedures (SOP'S), method validation, calibration and maintenance of equipments, quality control/quality assurance plans, participation in proficiency testing. Laboratory Safety: Chemical hygiene responsibilities, chemical inventory, storage and handling, material safety data sheets (MSDS), chemical spills and spill clean up, hazardous waste disposal, protective equipments, fire types, safety and distinguishing, safety of electricity, water and gas lines and connections, handling and storage of compressed gas cylinders, emergency procedures, handling of laboratory accidents

(2) Quality control/quality assurance Equipments: Calibration: methods and schedules. Control charts: Types (X-, R-, r- and D-charts), types of internal quality control samples, daily interpretation of control charts, long term use of control chart data. Type of analysis: Standard addition (spiking technique), analysis of blind samples, analysis of split samples, repeated (or duplicate) analysis , blank assessment, use of certified reference materials.

(3) Assessment of data quality Nature and sources of errors: random errors , systematic errors, gross errors , Rounding errors Statistical evaluation: Measurement of data central tendency, measurement of data dispersion, standard deviation, within-batch standard deviation, between-batch, standard deviation, pooled standard deviation, reproducibility and repeatability, comparison of two standard deviations, confidence interval of a mean , comparison

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of two mean values, outliers, lower limits of detection and quantification, F-test and t-test ,Graphing ( spatial-trend and time-history graphs), Results uncertainty.

(4) Electrochemical methods of industrial analysis Introduction: How to construct your own low cost ion selective sensor. Potentiometry with ion selective electrodes: Types of membrane sensors, homogeneous solid state, heterogeneous solid state, liquid and gas sensors, potentiometric titration, Gran's plot, application for industrial analysis of cement, metals, detergents, fertilizers, food products, organic compounds..

(5) Molecular spectrochemical methods of industrial analysis Spectrophotometry: Theory, instrumentation, measurement techniques and applications for industrial analysis. Infrared spectrometry: Theory, instrumentation, measurement techniques and applications for industrial analysis. Fluorescence and phosphorescence: Theory, instrumentation, measurement technique and applications for industrial analysis.

(6) Atomic spectrochemical methods of industrial analysis Atomic absorption spectrometry: Theory, instrumentation, techniques, calibration and application for industrial analysis. Inductively coupled and direct current plasma :Theory, instrumentation. techniques and applications to industrial analysis X-ray fluorescence: Theory, instrumentation and application to industrial analysis.

(7) Chromatographic methods of industrial analysis Ion chromatography

High pressure liquid chromatography GasAiquid chromatography

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