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Class meets Wednesdays, 06:00 - 08:40 in Fisher Building

Schedule and Assignments Summary, ESM and CHEM 552, 1999



Text: Environmental Chemistry 7th, ed. by Dr. Stanley Manahan, 2000

I. Classical Environmental Chemistry [in Manahan]
Review of fundamentals of General Chemistry (individually, not required)
Ch 1. Environmental Science and Technology
Ch 2. Environmental Chemistry & Industrial Ecosystems
Ch 3. Fundamentals of Aquatic Chemistry (several weeks)
Ch 4. Oxidation-Reduction
Ch 5. Phase Interactions

II. Modeling(#), Notes, Lectures, Literature, Projects - as Sources
Modeling Notes
Literature
MINTEQA2 Project (Assignment Handed In)*
Cooperative Learning Projects Paper

IIa. MINTEQA2 Modeling Homework, (new 4.0 version or old 3.11 version, download, EPA)

Run MINTEQA2 softward in conjunction,
Do modeling assignment outside of class laboratory (at home or in computer lab)

III. Sampling(#) [in Principles of Env. Sampling]
Lectures on Sampling
Environmental Sampling and Literature (EPA Sampling Protocol - RCRA, Draft, Selected Sections)

IV. Cooperative Learning Modeling Project
Cooperative Learning Group project, paper, and presentation
Modeling Paper Cooperative Learning Project

V. Laboratories on Inorganic Water Analysis & Indoor Air Analysis
Chapters 24, 25, 26, Environmental Chemical Analysis
Two Laboratorie, Lab Reports (Assignment handed in)*

VI. Field Sampling, Pittsburgh Voyager, Natural Water Sampling
Research Vessel - Spring

VII. Classical Environmental Chemistry, [in Manahan]
Ch 7. Water Pollution
Ch 9. The Atmosphere and Atmospheric Chemistry
Ch 10. Particles in the Atmosphere
Ch 11. Gasesous Inorganic Air Pollutants
Ch 22. Toxicological Chemistry
Ch 24-26. Environmental Chemical Analysis

Literature Assignments coordinated with text material.

Advanced problems homework as assigned in manual (not graded).

Project paper, Lab reports, Mid-term and Final Exams.




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