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(Symbiotic 15) Environmental Chemistry Lab
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A water environment lab that studies lake algal blooms and purifies water through adsorption on activated carbon.
AboutAbout the lab
Approaching water issues through chemistry
The Environmental Chemistry Lab studies the water environment and water purification, investigating a wide range of issues related to water.
It investigates the mechanisms of eutrophication, in which algae grow abnormally in drinking water sources such as lakes and reservoirs, and considers countermeasures.
In addition, the lab produces activated carbon and activated carbon fibers and studies how modifying their surfaces allows them to adsorb pollutants.
It approaches topics such as adsorption phenomena, the production of carbon materials, and the analysis of pollutants from the perspective of physical chemistry.
Key terms
- Eutrophication
- A phenomenon in which nitrogen and phosphorus increase excessively in lakes and rivers, causing algae to grow abnormally.
- Activated carbon
- Carbon with countless tiny pores. Substances stick to its large surface area and can be removed.
- Adsorption
- A phenomenon in which substances in a liquid or gas stick to and collect on the surface of a solid.
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This lab works on research on the water environment and water purification. Its research includes elucidating the mechanisms of, and countermeasures for, eutrophication (abnormal growth of algae) in drinking water sources such as lakes and reservoirs; developing activated carbon and activated carbon fibers; and modifying the surface of activated carbon so that it adsorbs heavy metal ions, nitrate ions, and phosphate ions.
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The members of the Environmental Chemistry Lab are faculty members, technical assistants, doctoral students, master's students, and fourth-year undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshimasa Amano
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Lake Burley Griffin, West Basin cyanobacteria 1” Grahamec / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Research on the Water Environment and Water Purification: “Harmful Bloom in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala” Jesse Allen / Public domain (cropped)
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