C4301 Environmental Chemistry I - seminary

Faculty of Science
autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaromír Literák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jana Klánová, Ph.D.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Jaromír Literák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 18. 9. to Fri 15. 12. Thu 15:00–15:50 D29/252-RCX1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The student will be able to apply basic physico-chemical concepts to describe environmental processes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Expressions for concentration. Ideal gas law and its applications, partial pressure and number concentration of gas.
  • 2. Kinetics of zero, first and pseudo-first order. Half-life and lifetime. Rates of atmospheric chemical and photochemical reactions. Steady-state approximation. Analysis of real data.
  • 3. Chemical equilibrium. Solubility product. Henryh's law. Estimation of pH of water in equilibrium with atmospheric gases.
  • 4. Compartment and mass balance. Flow rate and flux. Rate constant. Calculation of steady state concentrations.
  • 5. Transport of compounds across phase boundaries (water/air). Calculation of lifetime and flux.
  • 6. Solubility in water, distribution coefficients. Estimation of Kow. Fractionation of volatile compound between phases. Fugacity.
  • 7. Adsorption isotherms. Analysis of real data.
  • 8. Radiation bilance of Earth, greenhouse effect.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SCHWARZENBACH, René P., P. M. GSCHWEND and Dieter M. IMBODEN. Environmental organic chemistry. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, 2003, xiii, 1313. ISBN 0471357502. info
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Řešení příkladů, diskuse, řešení domácích úkolů.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Udělení zápočtu je vázáno na vyřešení zadaných domácích úkolů a zisk min. 50 % bodů ze závěrečného zápočtového testu.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2017, recent)
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