Faculty of Sciences / Department of Chemistry
Core (required)
Course Outlines
and Prerequisites
2013
Course Title: Environmental Chemistry
1. / Course Code / Semester / Grading / Credits / Weekly Hours / Language / Majorkv1c1kr1 / 6th / 15 / 2/2 / English / Chemistry BSc
2. Course Type: Compulsory
3. Course Instructor and Department:
Imre SALMA, Analytical Chemistry Department
4. Course Instructor:
Name: / Title: / Department, Institution:Imre SALMA / Professor / Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry
5. Course Requirements:
basic knowledge in physical chemistry and analytical chemistry
6. Course Prerequisites:
6.1.Prerequisites
kv1c1ana, Analytical Chemistry
6.2.Recommended
7. Course Objectives:
To understand and apply the knowledge presented in the course in solving various aspects and problems of the environment, and to help students to integrate the environmental issues and approaches into other branches of natural science.
8. Course Outline:
Topics Covered:
1.Science of the environment. The environment and chemistry. The objectives of environmental chemistry.
2.Energy balance of the Earth. Physical and chemical background of the greenhouse effect. Climate system. Time trends of greenhouse gases. Climate forcing. Evidences and implications of global climate change. Mitigation policies.
3.Atmospheric chemistry: Chemistry of the stratosphere. The Chapman model and its consequences. Distribution of ozone in the total air column. The ozone layer and its importance. Catalytic cycles for ozone depletion. Time trend for stratospheric ozone. Heterogeneous ozone cycles. The ozone hole. Chemistry of the troposphere. Air pollutants, their major sources, global distributions and sinks. Oxidation property of the atmosphere. Formation, importance and reactions of the hydroxi radical. Acid precipitation. Photochemical smog. Preconditions, chemical formation mechanism and important products on various spatial scales. Health and environmental effects. Measures against smog periods. Atmospheric aerosol, its importance for human health, environment and climate.
4.Environmental properties of water. Chemical processes in surface and underground water bodies. Interaction of water with solid, liquid and gaseous substances. Cycling of water. Major pollutants of water. Chemical treatments for drinking water.
5.Chemistry of the lithosphere. Pollutants of the soil. Biodegradation and remediation. Hazardous waste and its treatment.
8.1. Course Outline (Weekly)
Registration (week 1)
Topic 1 (weeks 2–3)
Topic 2 (weeks 3–4)
Topic 3 (weeks 5–8)
Topic 4 (weeks 9–10)
Topic 5 (weeks 11–12)
9. Remarks:
10. Requirements:
10.1.Course Work:
Only students registered in the Neptun system can attend the lectures.
10.2.Exam Period
According to the official announcement of the Rector of the ELTE
11. Make Up Policy
12. Office Hours/Consultation:
To be announced in the first lesson.
13. Lecture Notes, Textbook, Resources, Recommended Reading:
Manahan, S. E., Environmental Chemistry, CRC Press Lewis, Boca Raton, 2005.
The slides presented in the lessons can be downloaded from the website announced in the first lesson, and are available at least one day before the actual lesson.
14. Learning Strategy:
Classical lessons combined with presentations of students, written essays and discussions.
15. Syllabus Written by(Name, Title, Department/Institution)
Imre SALMA, Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry
16. Enforcement Date:
September 2014