POLLUTION CHEMISTRY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Analytical Chemistry

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MICERA Giovanni

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites

AF code:

40003686

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

oral exam

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course focuses on the environment and on the chemical processes occurring therein both in the natural conditions and in those altered by pollution phenomena.

Contents

Environmental compartments. Atmosphere. Greenhouse effect and greenhouse molecules. Global warming theories. Stratospheric ozone layer: molecules involved in the ozone depletion. Atmospheric pollutants. Acid depositions, decontamination mechanisms. Photochemical smog. Pollution from vehicular traffic. The chemistry of natural water: properties of water and water bodies.Water pollution: heavy elements (metals, non-metals), organometallic compounds, inorganic species, organic pollutants (pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins),eutrophication, radioactivity. POP.

Recommended Bibliography

Stanley E. Manahan, Environmental Chemistry, Lewis Publisher, 2006.
C. Baird, M. Cann, Environmental Chemistry 4th ed, W. H. Freeman, 2008
Lecture notes, material for reference available on line or as a-booklet.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures. Exercises.

Contacts/More Information

1) Readiness to offer individual assistance also in English language to incoming students
2) Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in english language.
List:Stanley E. Manahan, Environmental Chemistry, Lewis Publisher, 2006.
C. Baird, M. Cann, Environmental Chemistry 4th ed, W. H. Freeman, 2008
Lecture notes, material for reference

3) Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English)

Other courses

Course year: 1

CHIMICA ORGANICA SUPERIORE
8 credits - Caratterizzante
ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Caratterizzante
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Caratterizzante
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Caratterizzante
POLLUTION CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SPECTROSCOPY AND STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
BIO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
METHODOLOGIES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
PHYSICAL METHODS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MS-INTERFACE SYSTEMS IN THE INSTRUMENTAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
4 credits - A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

FINAL TEST
40 credits
INDUSTRIAL AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY (ADVANCED COURSE)
8 credits - Caratterizzante
INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TO NANOMATERIALS CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TECHNIQUES
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
TRAINING
2 credits - Altro

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