Description:

Environmental chemistry (water, air, soil) and basic processes affecting quality of the environment.

Contents:

1. Introduction. Aquatic chemistry: basic chemical characteristics of water, abnormalities, hydrological cycle
2. Aquatic chemistry: occurrence of chemical substances in water and their significance
3. Inorganic substances in water, sources, significance. Organic substances in water ; ways of identification, sources, characterization of the most important groups of organic substances occurring in water
4. Aquatic chemistry: water use, sources, drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment; Drinking water quality requirements, surface water quality, water protection
5. Aquatic chemistry: practical demonstration of laboratory analyzes : basic physico-chemical parameters
6. Aquatic chemistry: practical demonstration of laboratory analyzes: water hardness, nitrates, organic substances, bacteriological analysis
7. Aquatic chemistry: practical demonstration of laboratory analyzes: heavy metals analysis in water and bed sediment
8. Chemistry of the atmosphere: atmosphere stratification, composition, significance of basic components of the air
9. Air pollution of local and regional extent ? distribution of pollutants, significance/ impacts on human and the environment
10. Chemistry of the atmosphere: atmospheric pollution of global extent: greenhouse effect, global climate change, ozone layer depletion
11. Chemistry of the atmosphere: air quality monitoring, emissions monitoring;
Evaluation of current situation of air quality in Prague
12. Soil chemistry: composition, chemical characteristics of soil, sorption of chemical substances in soil , sorption complex
13. Final sumarisation and discussion

Seminar contents:

none

Recommended literature:

Manahan S.: Environmental Chemistry, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017

Keywords:

hydrochemistry, chemistry of air, chemistry of soil, pollution, environment

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar