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B013069 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
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Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2020-21
Coorte 2020 - Second Cycle Degree in Scienze della Natura e dell'Uomo
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Biology (BIO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
CHIM/06 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
22/02/2021 ⇒ 11/06/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course will be focused on the chemistry of the environmental spheres and on their mutual influence through mass and energy transfer processes. It will be extended to the effects of pollutants on the chemical equilibria throughout the various spheres and, vice versa, on the action that these equilibria have on the pollutants, with a particular focus on the consequences on the biosphere and the natural ecosystems.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
(a) Stanley E. Manahan Environmental Chemistry 10th Edition, Lewis Publishers. (b) Colin Baird and Micheal Cann Chimica ambientale, Zanichelli.
Additional texts and lectures will be recommended during the course.
Additional texts and lectures will be recommended during the course.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course the student will be familiar with the structure of the terrestrial environment, its partition in spheres, and with the chemical processes, the reactions and the conditions occurring in it.
He will be able to connect the different aspects of the environmental chemistry and the reciprocal influence among the spheres; to analyze the effects of human activity on the biogeochemical cycles globally and at the level of the natural systems.
He will be able to make examples of new chemical approaches for the development of processes with low environmental impact and for the treatment and the restoration of compromised area
He will be able to connect the different aspects of the environmental chemistry and the reciprocal influence among the spheres; to analyze the effects of human activity on the biogeochemical cycles globally and at the level of the natural systems.
He will be able to make examples of new chemical approaches for the development of processes with low environmental impact and for the treatment and the restoration of compromised area
Prerequisites
bases of general and organic chemistry
Teaching Methods
taught lessons with discussions and group activities
Type of Assessment
oral exam with presentation of a theme starting from a scientific article. The theme will be one the subjects of the lectures and the presentation will have to extend that subject also through a bibliographic research. Moreover, the exam will include a discussion with questions aimed at evaluating the ability of the student to critically discuss the topics of the course.