PřF:C4310 Environmental Chemistry II - Course Information
C4310 Environmental Chemistry II
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2014
- 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)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 9:00–12:50 D29/252-RCX1
- 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
- Chemistry (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Ecotoxicology)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- characterize properties of environmental compartments (atmosphere,technosphere, 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 anthropogenic 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, sulfur 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 troposphere, ozone layer, ozone depletion, effects of UV radiation.
- Hydrofluoric acid, lead, particulate matter, other examples of air pollutants.
- Acidification of the environment. Mechanisms of acidification. Effects of acidification on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Effects on human.
- Smog – photochemical, classical.
- Air acts, international air pollution convention.
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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