Unit ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
- Course
- Natural and environmental sciences and technologies
- Study-unit Code
- 55A00412
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Aldo Romani
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY - MOD. 1
| Code | 55A00306 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Andrea Lombardi |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline chimiche, fisiche, matematiche ed informatiche |
| Academic discipline | CHIM/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Survey of general chemistry. Astrochemistry, nucleosinthesis and the Earth's atmosphere. Composition and chemical and physical properties of the Earth's atmosphere. Chemical cycles, transport models. Troposphere and anthropization. Air and water quality control, inventory. Modelling of the atmoshperes. |
| Reference texts | Lecture notes. Suggested textbook: Colin Baerd, Michael Cann "Chimica Ambientale", Zanichelli. |
| Educational objectives | After a survey of basic knowledge of general chemistry, students will acquire a background knowledge of atmospheric chemistry. |
| Prerequisites | General Chemistry |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face lessons, practical training in laboratory |
| Other information | Period: October 2020-January 2021. ¿Place: Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologie e Biotecnologie. Address: Via Elce di Sotto 8 |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exam.¿ For information about support to students with disabilities see http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | Overview of general chemistry, photochemistry and spectroscopy. Astrochemistry: origins of nuclei, atoms and molecules in space, origin of planetary and Earth atmpsheres. Composition, structure and origin of Earth's atmosphere. Physical properties of the Earth's atmosphere. Effects of the solar radiation, energy balance. Chemistry, photochemical processes, kinetic models. Atmospheric circulation and transport. Ozone cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle. Chemistry of the troposphere and anthropization. Ozone depletion, acid rains. Greenhouse gases and climate change. Atmosphere modelling, "CTM" models. |
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY - MOD. 2
| Code | 55A00206 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Aldo Romani |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline chimiche, fisiche, matematiche ed informatiche |
| Academic discipline | CHIM/12 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | In the course, an introduction to chemical and physical behaviors of the hydrosphere and geosphere environmental compartments will be presented. Study of water and soil's chemistry and main pollutants will be performed, together with notes on some biofuels and their environmental implications |
| Reference texts | "Chimica dell'ambiente" di Stanley E. Manahan, Edizione italiana a cura di Lelio Zoccolillo, Editore: Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p:A., Padova "Ecologia Applicata" di Renato Vismara, Biblioteca Scientifica Hoepli, Editore: Ulrico Hoepli S.p.A. - Milano Appunti di lezione |
| Educational objectives | Students attending the course know: the chemical-physical average composition of the environmental spheres, the nature and properties of main potential pollutants and the principles on which are based the interventions focused to monitoring, prevention and remediation of environmental pollution phenomena, both chronic and acute. Based on this knowledge they will be able to: identify what may be the main sources of pollution and the major consequences on the ecosystem equilibrium; program the actions to be done in order to prevent and/or remedy any environmental damage. |
| Prerequisites | The topics covered in the course are, by their very nature, multidisciplinary. The student has to have an adequate knowledge of the three basic chemical disciplines (organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry) to attend the Course profitable |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized with lectures on all subjects of the program. When possible, 2-4 hours didactic visits in laboratories and plants involved in environmental problematic will be planne |
| Other information | N.N. |
| Learning verification modality | The exam consists of an oral test of sufficient duration to ascertain the level of knowledge and understanding acquired by the student on the contents of the program. For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | Physical and chemical characteristics of environmental sections Hydrosphere Geosphere and soil Fundamentals of aquatic chemistry and biochemistry Nature of aquatic polluting Water inorganic polluting: heavy metals, ions and their chemical behavior Organic polluting and micro-polluting Water treatments Soil chemistry Nature and main sources of soil polluting Agriculture connect pollution Waste pollution Chemical behaviors of soil polluting Outline of biofuels |