Course: Environmental Chemistry

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Course title Environmental Chemistry
Course code KCH/P206
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester -
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Loučka Tomáš, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Pollutants in the environment. Metals, nitrogen compounds, halogens, ozone, CO, sulphur compounds. 2. Halogenated hydrocarbons, benzene, PAHs, PCBs, dioxins, detergents, pesticides. 3. Biogeochemical cycles. Cycles of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, mercury. 4. Modification of chemicals in the environment. Photochemical processes, redox systems, hydrolysis, metabolic transformations. 5. Atmospheric chemistry. Atmosphere, pollutants in the atmosphere. 6. Acid rains, smogs. Atmosphere and vehicular traffic. 7. Hydrosphere. Water pollution. Processes in Water. 8. Acid mine waters. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). 9. Soil chemistry. Ion exchange equilibriums in soil. Soil acidity. 10. Nutrients in soil. Contamination of food. 11. Ozone layer. Chlorofluorocarbons. 12. Depletion stratospheric ozone (mechanism). Global warming. 13. Greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, climate changes. 14. Time reserve.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Course is focused to basic cycle circulations of biogenous elements and their most important substances in atmospheres, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere, also to soil pollution and groceries, to ozone layer problems, and global warming.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • BYDŽOVSKÝ, J. Latina pro zdravotníky. Třebíč: nakladatelství Radek Veselý. 2010. ISBN: 978-80-86376-38-7. Chemie životního prostředí, 1990.
  • Holoubek, I. Chemie a společnost. Chemie životního prostředí. UJEP Brno., 1990.
  • Manahan, S.E. Environmental Chemistry, Lewis Publishers, Michigan. 1991.


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