Course: Environmental Chemistry

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Course title Environmental Chemistry
Course code TUIOZP/TWZ4E
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bednařík Vratislav, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Koutný Marek, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Chemical aspects of individual abiotic and biotic components of the environment. - Groups of priority contaminants in environmental compartments and their physicochemical and environmental properties. - Transport of contaminants in the environment. - Methods of chemical analysis of the most important contaminants. - Possibilities and ways of elimination of contaminants from environmental components.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Individual work of students
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Good knowledge of inorganic, organic, physical and analytical chemistry is assumed.
Good knowledge of inorganic, organic, physical and analytical chemistry is assumed.
learning outcomes
The student has an overview of the basic chemical processes taking place in the environment, the most important contaminants, their transport and transformations in individual components of the environment.
The student has an overview of the basic chemical processes taking place in the environment, the most important contaminants, their transport and transformations in individual components of the environment.
teaching methods
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • BAILEY, R. A. Chemistry of the environment. San Diego, 2002. ISBN 9780120734610.
  • BARCELO, D.. Emerging organic contaminants and human health. New York, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-28131-0.
  • DOUŠOVÁ, Barbora a František BŮZEK. Chemie životního prostředí: úvod do chemie atmosféry, hydrosféry a geosféry. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7080-979-2.
  • HARRISON, Roy M. Principles of environmental chemistry. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-85404-371-2.
  • MANAHAN, Stanley E. Environmental chemistry.. Boca Raton, 1999. ISBN 9781439832769.
  • WILLIAMS, Ian. Environmental Chemistry: A Modular Approach. Chichester, 2001. ISBN 978-0471489429.


Study plans that include the course
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