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Course Catalog 00/01


Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMK062 Aquatic Chemistry 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q II

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Lars Gunneriusson Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
KMK002, KMK004, KMK013, KMK042, KMK049, KMK060, KMK061 or corresponding.

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 behaviouras 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.

EXAMINATION
A written examination which is graded.

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Written exam 6.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Compendium "Jämviktslära",
Kemiska Data.

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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