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Course Catalog 1998/99


Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMK008 Aquatic Chemistry 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q II

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
L Lindberg-Paumen Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Basic course in General Chemistry i.e. KMK002, KMK004, KMK013 or KMK042.

COURSE AIM
The course provides knowledge in a variety of phenomena that occurs in natural water systems, specielly those phenomena that involves hydrolysis-, protolysis-, oxidation and reduction, solubility and komplex ion equilibria.

CONTENTS
Review of the chemical structure of water and his behaviour as solvent. Introduction in chemical kinetics. Mathematical and grafical study of equilibrium systems. Methods to solve equilibrium problems. Acid-base equilibria, the carbonate system, coordination chemistry, precipitation and dissolution, oxidation- reduction reactions, iron chemistry, chlorine chemistry. Applications i natural water systems. Environmental aspects.

TEACHING
The instruction consists of lectures and 3 compulsory laboratory classes.

EXAMINATION
A written examination which is graded, passed laboratory reports.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Laboratory work 1.20ECTS
Written exam 4.80ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Snoeyink and Jenkins : Water Chemistry, Wiley & Sons. Compendium "Vattenkemi, KMK008", Kemiska Data.

Further information: Lieve Lindberg-Paumen

Valid for school year 1998/99.
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Last edited 1998-08-28