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Course Catalog 01/02


Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMK065 Environmental Chemistry 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Douglas Baxter Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
General admission

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to provide the fundamental knowledge of chemistry necessary to understand how human activities affect the environment and its´natural cycles.

CONTENTS
In the introductory part of the course, the basic chemistry relevant to our environment will be studied, e.g; acid-basereactions and acidification, radical chemistry and depletion of the ozone layer. Then the environmental inpact of society´s need for energy, food, raw materials, etc, will be treated.

TEACHING
During the course, students will work in groups on an environmental chemistry project of current interest. The project findings will be reported in a seminar and as a web-page. The first lecture is compulsory for all students unless exemption is granted by the examiner.

EXAMINATION
Home exercises and graded written examinations following each section of the course.

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Required assignment 3.00ECTS
Project wor or written exam 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
P. Warfvinge: Miljökemi, KFS i Lund AB 1998

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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