512 ENVS Environmental Chemistry الكيمياء البيئية

Environmental Chemistry
Instructor: Prof. Ibrahim S. Al-Mutaz, Room 2B57, Phone [phone]

General Description:
Chemical processes in the atmosphere, The essential theory of the increasing of earth temperature, Composition and component of the atmospheric photochemical smog, Formation and depletion of ozone layer, Acid rain and its effects, Natural water chemistry, Acidity and basicity, Natural water stability.

Detailed Description:
Introduction:
(General definition of the environment, Chemical Processes, The subject of Environmental Chemistry)

The Atmosphere:
The atmosphere: composition and pressure.
Effect of Solar Radiation
The troposphere
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Calculations

The Stratospheric Chemistry:
Concerned about Stratospheric Ozone
Ozone Hole
Ozone Synthesis and Destruction
Chlorofluorocarbon’s (CFC’s)
Quantitative Calculations

The Tropospheric Chemistry:
The Chemistry of Photochemical Smog
Hydroxyl radical-initiated Oxidation of Hydrocarbons
Emissions from Internal Combustion Engine

The Global Environment:
Global Variation in Composition
Rainfall and Acid Rain
Greenhouse gases and Global Warming Potential

Natural Water Chemistry:
Acidity
Alkalinity
Natural Water Stability

Text:
G.W. van Loon and S.J. Duffy, “Environmental Chemistry: A Global Perspective”, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005, https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Chemistry-perspective-Gary-vanLoon/dp/0199228868

References:
T.F. Yen, “Environmental Chemistry: Chemical Principles for Environmental Processes”, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1999.
N.J. Bunce, “Introduction to Environmental Chemistry”, Wuerz Publishing, Ltd. Winnipeg, Canada, 1993.
S.E. Manahan, “Environmental Chemistry”, 6th Edition, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, 1994.
V.L. Snoeyink and D. Jenkins, “Water Chemistry”, John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1980.

Supported Materials: 
Roger Reeve, "Introduction to Environmental Analysis", Hohn Wiley and Sons Ltd., New York, 2002. 
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