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217s Environmental Chemistry Application of chemical principles to the environment with an emphasis on the interaction among chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes. Current topics such as acid deposition, global warming, atmospheric ozone loss, and the fate and toxicity of heavy metals will be discussed in the context of natural environmental processes. Prerequisite: Chemistry 142. Three credit hours. KING
Chemistry 217: Syllabus
SPRING 2008
Professor: Whitney King
Office: 208B Keyes (x5755)
Home: 873-6154
email: dwking@colby.edu
Texts:
Spiro and Stigliani. Chemistry of the Environment. 2nd edition 2003
Reference:
Broecker, W. S., How to Build a Habitable Planet, ELDGO Press, 1985
Bunce, Nigel J., Environmental Chemistry 2nd. Ed., Wuerz Publishing, 1994
Howard. Aquatic Environmental Chemistry. Oxford Chemistry Primers. 1998
vanLoon and Duffy, Environmental Chemistry: a global perspective, Oxford, 2005
Grading:
Homework 25%
Hour Exams 25%
Class Participation 25%
Final 25%
Approximate Lecture and Exam Schedule
Date |
Reading |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
2/7 |
Spiro 1 |
Energy Flow |
2/12 |
Spiro 2, 3 |
Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Energy |
2/19 |
Spiro 4, 5 |
Energy II |
2/26 |
Spiro 6, 7 |
Climate |
3/4 |
Spiro 8 |
Oxygen Chemistry |
3/11 |
Roland Lecture, Exam I 3/13 |
|
3/18 |
Spiro 9, 10 |
Troposphere and Water |
4/1 |
Spiro 11 |
Water Chemistry |
4/8 |
Spiro 12 |
Geochemistry |
4/15 |
Spiro 13, 14 |
Redox Chemistry |
4/22 |
Spiro 15 |
Nitrogen Cycles, Exam II 4/24 |
4/29 |
Spiro 16 |
Biosphere |
5/6 |
Spiro 17 |
Toxicity |
|
exam 14 |
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Homework: Homework will be assigned regularly throughout the semester. All homework will be graded.
Attendance and Exam Policy: We will follow the exam and attendance policy posted on the Department of Chemistry Web page.