purpose of the course is the attainment of knowledge about the environmental matrices with particular reference to air.
Course Prerequisites
basic level for chemistry inorganic and organic
Teaching Methods
classroom lessons
Assessment Methods
The exam will be in written form, with open answers, to 10 questions that cover the entire program of the course. The adequacy and completeness of the answer will be the indicators to assess the student's degree of learning and the relative attribution of the exam score.
Texts
Material for exam preparation will be provided as slides or notes. Recommended texts
Clean chemistry Hermann Fischer Ed. New Techniques
Environmental Chemistry Ed. Wiley
Soils and ecosystems Romano Rasio Ed. Cappelli
Contents
Environmental matrices Air Air chemistry of atmosphere Main constituents Trace species Atmospheric aerosol Hydroxyl radical Biogeochemical nitrogen cycle Biogeochemical sulfur cycle Carbon biogeochemical cycle PAN-IPA-halogenated-photochemical smog Ozone The Mechanism of Chapman-Photochemical destruction in the troposphere UV flow and atmospheric chemistry INDOOR POLLUTION and carcinogens
