DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY.
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY CHE230 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY COURSE OUTLINE - 2015 Winter Course Content and Delivery A) Natural Waters First half B) The Atmosphere Second half Lectures: 3 hours/week: Mon 2-3 (SF1105), Wed 5-6 (MC102), Thurs 5-6 (SF1105) Tutorial: Wed 10-12 (HA403) or Thurs 12-2 (SF 3202)
Office hours: Arrange with Nathan or Jackie, or ask Prof Evans at the tutorial. Blackboard site: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEM. (WINTER-2015-CHE230H1-S-LEC0101) Course Instructors
Email
Room
Prof. G. J. Evans
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WB127
Todd McAlary
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Lydia Wilkinson
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Naomi Zimmerman
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WB133
Catherine Phillips Smith
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WB123
Jon Wang
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WB123
Nathan Hilker
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WB123
Jackie Ye
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WB2
Mark Distribution Final Examination Midterm Tutorials Consulting Assignment
40% 25% (Week of March 2) 10% 25%
Pseudo Text/Course Notes A draft interactive textbook is available on the website for download. This PDF document was based originally on notes compiled by former students. The text now includes worked examples and links to instructional videos and websites; it’s a work in progress that should not be circulated beyond the course. If you find it useful, please provide me with suggestions for revisions or additions, including any missing material or errors, so that I can further improve it. Reference Textbooks: a) VanLoon G.W. and Duffy S.J. “Environmental Chemistry a Global Perspective”, Oxford Publishing, 3rd edition 2011 (VL) b) R.P Schwarzenbach "Environmental Organic Chemistry" Wiley, 1995. (RPS)
CHE 230 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Course Outline 1) Introduction (Jan 5):
B) THE ATMOSPHERE (Feb 23 – Apr 1)
A) NATURAL WATERS (Jan 7 – Feb 12) 1. Gases in Water (Jan 7-15, 4h): 1.1.Dissolved oxygen 1.2.CO2 and Alkalinity 1.3.Hardness of water Bidders meeting (Jan 14) Environmental Consulting 101 and Writing your proposal (Jan 21)
4. Atmospheric Chemistry (6h, Feb 23-March9) 4.1.Introduction 4.2.Regions in the atmosphere 4.3.Chemical kinetics 4.4.Reaction mechanisms 4.5.Activation energy 4.6.Free Radicals 4.7. Photochemical reactions
2. Partitioning of Organic (Jan 19-Jan 29, 5h): 2.1.Bioconcentration 2.2. Interfacial transfer and fugacity 2.3. Solubility of organics 2.4. Activity coefficients 2.5. Kow 2.6.Fate of Persistent compounds
5. Stratospheric chemistry (2h, Mar 11&12) 5.1.Ozone "layer" and UV light 5.2.Ozone formation and destruction 5.3.CFC's 5.4.Antarctic ozone hole
3. Speciation of Metals (Feb 2-13, 6 h): 3.1.Introduction 3.2.Metal-complex equilibria 3.3.Speciation diagrams 3.4.Impact of complexes on solubility 3.5.Redox reactions 3.6.pE/pH diagrams Midterm (Week of Mar 2)
6. Tropospheric chemistry (2h, Mar 16&18) 6.1.OH radical 6.2. Mechanism of smog formation 7. Interfacial Chemistry (2h, 19,23) 7.1. Acid rain 7.2. SOx and NOx sources 7.3. Oxidation of SO2 7.4. Effects of acid rain 8. Aerosols (3h, Mar 25-30) 8.1.Particle size 8.2.Aerosol sources 8.3.Cloud formation 8.4.Health effects Consulting Assignment Presentations (April 2) 9. Climate and Energy (Apr 6-9) (3h) 9.1. Science of climate 9.2. Impacts of climate change
