C4310 Environmental Chemistry II

Faculty of Science
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 9:00–10:50 409-stara KAM1
Prerequisites
Environmental chemistry I
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
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- characterize properties of environmental compartments (atmosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere, biosphere) and combine this knowledge with the presence and fate of chemical compounds in these compartments
- understand problems related to their pollution from natural and anthropogennic sources
- explain the relationships between the pollution sources and primary and secondary types of pollution of environmental compartments
- characterize and discuss environmental and health impacts of pollution
Syllabus
  • Atmosphere – basic characteristics – contents, stratification of temperature, atmospheric pressure, balance of energy, temperature, temperature gradients.
  • Atmospheric aerosols – origin, formation, properties, contents, effects. Mechanisms of atmospheric sinks.
  • Air pollution, atmospheric reactions, examples, reactions with OH radicals.
  • Sulphur in the atmosphere, forms of occurrence, biogenic and anthropogenic compounds, sulphur dioxide.
  • Nitrogen in the atmosphere, forms of occurrence, mechanisms of NOx formation.
  • Carbon, in the atmosphere, forms of occurrence, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, greenhouse effects, hydrocarbons.
  • Ozone in the atmosphere, formation and destruction, ozone formation in lower troposhere, ozone layer, ozone depletion, effects of UV radiation.
  • Hydrogen fluoride, lead, particulate matter, other examples of air pollutants.
  • Acidification of the environment. Mechanisms of acidification. Effects of acidification on aquatic and terrestric ecosystems. Effects on human.
  • Smog – photochemical, classical.
  • Air acts, international air pollution convention.
  • Hydrosphere, basic characteristics, water and its properties, hydrological cycle.
  • Sensoric properties of water, conductivity, pH of water, redox potential, water solubility.
  • Water chemical reaction, hydrolytical reactions, water equilibrium (protolytic, complex, solubilisation, redox)
  • Chemical composition of water, inorganic ions, buffer and neutralisation capacity, radionuclides in water, organic compounds in water – phenols, humic compounds.
  • Bottom sediments, water-sediment equilibrium, sedimentation, sorption on sediment surfaces.
  • Self-purification of water, oxygen ration in water and basins, chemical and biochemical oxygen damage.
  • Water pollution – primary, secondary.
  • Water types – wastewater, atmospheric, ground, surface, drinking.
  • Water pollution – examples – metals, nutritions, radionuclides, eutrophication, organic pollutants in water – phenols, oil pollution, pesticides, detergents, halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons.
  • Pedosphere – origin, components, humus, genetic horizons, sorption capacity, weathering, transport and reactions of chemicals in soil.
  • Soil pollution – primary, secondary, metals, nutrients, organic pollutants.
  • Biosphere – basic characteristics, exposure of organisms, its results.
Literature
  • J. H. Seinfeld, S.N. Pandis: Atmospheric chemistry and physics. ISBN: 0-471-17816-0
  • STUMM, Werner and James J. MORGAN. Aquatic chemistry : chemical equilibria and rates in natural waters. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995, xvi, 1022. ISBN 0471511854. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written test and oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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