PřF:C4301 Env Chem I sem - Course Information

C4301 Environmental Chemistry I - seminary

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jaromír Literák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Jaromír Literák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)
• Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB)
• Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Ecotoxicology)

Course objectives

The student will be able to apply basic physico-chemical concepts to describe environmental processes.

Syllabus

• 1. Expressions for concentration. Ideal gas law and its applications, partial pressure and number concentration of gas.
• 2. Kinetics of zero, first and pseudo-first order. Half-life and lifetime. Rates of atmospheric chemical and photochemical reactions. Steady-state approximation. Analysis of real data.
• 3. Chemical equilibrium. Solubility product. Henryh's law. Estimation of pH of water in equilibrium with atmospheric gases.
• 4. Compartment and mass balance. Flow rate and flux. Rate constant. Calculation of steady state concentrations.
• 5. Transport of compounds across phase boundaries (water/air). Calculation of lifetime and flux.
• 6. Solubility in water, distribution coefficients. Estimation of Kow. Fractionation of volatile compound between phases. Fugacity.
• 7. Adsorption isotherms. Analysis of real data.
• 8. Radiation bilance of Earth, greenhouse effect.

Literature

recommended literature
• SCHWARZENBACH, René P., P. M. GSCHWEND and Dieter M. IMBODEN. Environmental organic chemistry. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, 2003, xiii, 1313. ISBN 0471357502. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Řešení příkladů, diskuse, řešení domácích úkolů.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Udělení zápočtu je vázáno na vyřešení zadaných domácích úkolů a zisk min. 50 % bodů ze závěrečného zápočtového testu.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
  
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