CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 11:375:202
FALL 2015
MW 2:15-3:35 Cook/Douglass Lecture Hall 103
Professor: John Reinfelder, ENRS Building, Rm 260; phone: 848-932-5737; reinfelder@envsci.rutgers.edu
Text: Environmental Chemistry, 5th Edition (Baird, 2012), available at the Rutgers Bookstore
Pre-Requisite: General Chemistry 01:160:160 or 01:160:162
Syllabus
Sept 2
(Tues) 8
Oct
Nov
Dec
9
14
16
21
23
28
30
5
7
12
14
19
21
26
28
2
4
9
11
16
18
23
25
30
2
7
9
Introduction; Earth's oxidizing atmosphere
Physical structure and chemical composition of the atmosphere;
gas concentration units (pp. 3-16; 70-73)
Reactions of oxygen in the stratosphere (Chapter 1)
Anthropogenic ozone depletion and chemical kinetics (Chapter 2)
Anthropogenic ozone depletion and chemical kinetics (cont'd)
Group Exercise 1: Stratospheric chemistry and steady-state kinetics
Chemistry of the troposphere (pp. 755-764; 216-219)
Chemistry of the troposphere (cont'd)
Photochemical smog (pp. 69-101; 764-771; 145-150)
Sulfur oxidation and the pH of rain (pp. 109-118; 137-144; 771-772)
Group Exercise 2: Chemical reactions of the troposphere
Atmospheric particles (pp. 118-130; 136; 150-152; 157-158)
Chemical composition of natural waters 1: dissolved constituents (pp. 409-412; 442-445)
Exam 1
Chemical composition of natural waters 1: dissolved constituents (cont'd)
Carbonate chemistry and the pH of natural waters (pp. 430-442; 445-448)
Acidification and recovery of natural waters: acid mine drainage and acidified lakes
NO CLASS
Chemical composition of natural waters 2: suspended particles (pp. 719-735)
Group Exercise 3: Dissolved and particulate components of natural waters
Chemical composition of natural waters 3: redox chemistry (pp. 413-430)
Chemical composition of natural waters 3: redox chemistry (cont'd)
Sources, cycling, and speciation of trace elements in the environment (Chapter 12)
Group Exercise 4: Redox chemistry and trace elements in natural waters
NO CLASS
Organic contaminants in the environment (pp. 573-588; 487-498; 597-616; 623-646; 663-693)
Organic contaminants in the environment (cont'd)
Group Exercise 5: Group topics
Group Exercise 5: Group topics (cont'd)
Exam 2: Friday Dec 18, 9:15 am, Cook/Douglass Lecture Hall 103.
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Basis of Grade: Group exercises 25%; Homework: 25%; Exams, 50%
• Late homework will be marked down 5% for each class day after the due date it is received.
• No make-up exams unless you or someone in your immediate family is ill and this illness can be verified by a
note from a dean.