APPLIED CHEMISTRY - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

课程简介

/ Indicative Syllabus Atmosphere Atmospheric structure, atmospheric chemistry. Sources and effects of particulates, oxides of sulphur, CO and CO2, oxides of nitrogen and air-borne lead. Freons and the depletion of stratospheric ozone. Photochemical smog. Greenhouse effect and global warming. Hydrosphere Chemistry of natural waters. Water quality, supply and demand of drinking water, management. Water pollution, sources of industrial and agricultural water pollution, organic and inorganic pollutants. Water quality analysis. CO 2 equilibrium, carbonate systems, acid rain. Water and Wastewater Treatment. -- 1 of 3 -- Lithosphere Nature of soil, soil chemistry, and wastes and pollutants in soil. Biogeochemical Cycles The Carbon and Oxygen cycles

目标

The subject aims to provide the student with an understanding of the earth’s natural chemical processes in air, water and soil with special attention to the chemical aspects of environmental disturbances that humans have provoked in the natural environment. It will also include a discussion of current environmental problems, their associated health effects and their solutions. Examples will be chosen and discussed within the context of environmental problems arising from local and international urban and industrial development wherever appropriate.

先修要求

Co-requisite General Chemistry II

Teaching Pattern

Methodology Interactive lectures will provide students with fundamental principle and concepts of environmental chemistry as well as guidance on further reading. Tutorials are designed to provide the forum for group discussion and problem- based learning on the subject materials. Problems and case studies will be provided to cultivate the skill of students to identify and tackle environmental problems. During tutorial sessions, students are trained to think critically, write, discuss, analyze, synthesize, evaluate, apply concepts and knowledge learned in class to solve environmental chemistry problems and work together.