Unit ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
- Course
- Natural and environmental sciences and technologies
- Study-unit Code
- 55A00412
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Andrea Lombardi
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY - MOD. 1
| Code | 55A00306 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Andrea Lombardi |
| Teachers |
|
| Hours |
|
| 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. Astrochemical origin of atoms, 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 | Background of General Chemistry |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face lessons. Students will witness performing of chemical analysis at the Departmental Environmental Chemistry lab. |
| Other information | Period: October 2022-January 2023. Place: Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologie e Biotecnologie. Address: Via Elce di Sotto 8 |
| Learning verification modality | Oral examination: two separate exams for each of the two modules of the course. - Objectives of the oral exam: the test aims to evaluate the specific knowledge of the student, in relation to the main topics considered during the lessons. In particular, the student will have to demonstrate that he / she possesses the basic knowledge of general chemistry, applied to environmental problems; knowledge of the main processes and pollutants; knowledge of current legislation on environmental surveillance; main environmental analytical techniques considered in the practical lessons. - Average duration of the oral exam: about 40 minutes for each of the two modules Evaluation: final grade out of 30 obtained from the arithmetic average of the marks obtained for each of the two modules For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or SLD, visit the page 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 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Maria Noelia Faginas Lago |
| Teachers |
|
| Hours |
|
| 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 | -Background of general chemistry and ecology.¿ - Cycles of matter.¿ - Water chemistry¿ - Soil chemistry¿-Pollution and pollutants of water and soil. - Biofuels ¿- Presential laboratory activities (3 meetings) recommended at the "Environmental Chemistry and Technologies" laboratory of Prof. Cappelletti |
| Reference texts | - Notes of lessons provided by the teacher. ¿-"Chimica Ambientale" by Colin Baird Published by Zanichelli¿ -"Environmental chemistry, A global perspective" by Gary W. vanloon & Stephen J. Duffy. Published by Oxford University Press |
| Educational objectives | The course aims to provide the student with notions of ecology regarding the environmental spheres, basic knowledge on the chemical-physical properties of water and soil and on the main processes involved in pollution processes. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of general chemistry: redox reaction, pH, stoichiometry. |
| Teaching methods | -Frontal lessons at the DCBB (location in via Elce di Sotto n. 8)¿¿ - laboratory activities (3 meetings) at the "Environmental Chemistry and Technologies" laboratory of Prof. Cappelletti. DCBB (sede via Elce di Sotto n. 8) |
| Learning verification modality | oral examination to evaluate the specific knowledge of the student with an oral test on the topics covered in class in the various chapters of which the teaching is composed.¿¿¿¿ For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or DSA visit the page https://www.unipg.it/en/international-students/general-information/facilities-for-special-needs-students |
| Extended program | -Introduction to Environmental Chemistry: Environmental Sciences and Environmental Chemistry; description of the environmental spheres (atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere); references to ecology and thermodynamics.¿ - Pollutions: general concepts (chemical pollution, depollution of the various environmental compartments)¿- Matter and its cycles: carbon cycle (biological and geochemical cycle), nitrogen cycle, phosphorus, sulfur, oxygen (biological cycle)¿¿ Water chemistry: ¿- Hydrologic cycle¿- WATER classification by environmental quality¿- Classification of SOLIDS present in a water¿- OXIDE-REDUCTION Reaction IN H2O (Oxidizing or reducing activity in "deep" bodies of water (lakes, ..))¿- ORGANIC compounds in WATER, NOURISHING¿- Transformations of the oxidative state of NITROGEN into running water¿- Chemical - physical characterization of the water with reference to the limit values ¿¿of the Macrodescriptors and basic PARAMETERS¿¿- WATER POLLUTION and REFERENCE PARAMETERS¿- RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION¿- WATERS are able to PURIFY themselves:¿ pre - H2O treatment: POTABILIZATION and INDUSTRIAL USE¿ post - TREATMENT of EXHAUST H2O (industrial discharges and city sewers)¿¿Chemical-physical principles underlying the environmental distribution of chemical products: ¿¿Soil Chemistry: WHAT IS THE SOIL?¿ a. Training and morphology (pedology) ¿b. Components¿ 1. Clay minerals¿ 2. Organic and humic substances¿ 3. Water¿c. THE CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL¿ 1. Texture and density (Determination of soil texture)¿ 2. Surface area, exchange capacity, biological activity¿ 3. Micro- and macro-aggregates and stability: Variation of the main chemical-physical properties of the soil as a function of the particle size of the soil particles¿ 4. Redox potential¿ 5. Variability of the degree of reaction (pH)¿ 6. Adsorption and exchange mechanisms of cations and anions¿¿. Soil pollution The sources of pollution¿,The effects of pollution¿, The interactions between the soil and other environmental compartments¿ Pollution type ((A) Biological (B) Physical (C) Chemical)¿ Solved solids¿ Organic substances ¿Heavy metals (Zn, Cd, Hg, Co, etc.)¿ Fertilizers¿Pesticides ¿Transformation of chemical pollutants in the soil¿¿ fertility assessment. Biofuels |