Syllabus
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Course Code: MES-102 Course Name: Environmental Chemistry |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Lithosphere and Soil chemistry: Chemical composition of the earth, origin of mineral deposits and fossil fuels, major rock forming minerals, elements and isotopes. Soil Profiles, chemical and mineralogical composition of soils; soil organic matter, soil nutrients; soil properties of fundamental importance in soil management. | |
| 2 | Atmospheric Chemistry: Chemical composition of atmosphere- atmospheric water and CO2; ions and radicals in atmosphere, formation of particulate matter, Photo-chemical and chemical reactions in the atmosphere, thermal inversion, particles in atmosphere; photochemical smog, acid rain, chemistry of ozone layer depletion; greenhouse gases and global warming. | |
| 3 | Aquatic Chemistry: Structure and properties of water; water quality parameters, standards, chemistry of inland water bodies- lakes, streams, rivers estuaries and wetlands, solubility of gases in water, carbonate system in water, redox reaction (oxidation-reduction); aquatic microbial chemistry-a brief account. | |
| 4 | Interaction between atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere; Enthalpy and First law of thermodynamics, adiabatic transformations, entropy and second law of thermodynamics, absolute temperature, Carnot's cycle, Gibbs force energy, chemical potential, third law of thermodynamics, Gibb's - Donnan membrane equilibrium, phase equilibrium. | |
