512 ENVS Environmental Chemistry الكيمياء البيئية

512 ENVS Environmental Chemistry     الكيمياء البيئية      

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.


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