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- Catalog Description
- 500 Water Chemistry. I; 3cr. Elements of fresh and
marine water chemistry; acid-base, precipitation,
complexation, oxidation-reduction, adsorption, and
biochemical reactions in natural waters and water
treatment processes. P:Chem 103, 104, 221 or equiv or
cons inst. Anderson, Andren, Armstrong.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Basic chemical concepts, including the behavior of gases, liguids, and solids, thermochemistry, electronic structure of atoms and chemical bonding, descriptive chemistry of selected elements and compounds.
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Principles and applications of chemical equilibrium, coordination chemistry, oxidation-reduction, and electrochemistry, kinetics, and introduction to organic chemistry.
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Fundamentals of analysis of chemical systems.
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Aquatic Chemistry by Stumm and Morgan.
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Water Chemistry by Snoeyink and Jenkins (Supplemental Text)
- Course objectives
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Students should be able to describe the important processes controlling the chemical composition of natural waters, including lakes and rivers, waste waters, drinking waters, and waters used in industrial processes, including foods, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and others. In addition, students should be able to make quantitative calculations of the chemical composition of aquatic systems using basic concepts of chemical equilibria, thermodynamics, and kinetics.
- Topics covered
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Review of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics.
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Acid-base reactions in aquatic systems.
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Exchange of gases between water and air, especially carbon dioxide and the concepts of alkalinity and buffer capacity.
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Complexation reactions in aquatic systems and their regulation of chemical speciation.
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Precipitation-dissolution reactions in aquatic systems and applications to chemical composition.
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Oxidation-reduction reactions and their applications to key elements.
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Adsorption-desorption reactions and their role in regulating chemical composition.
- Class/laboratory schedule
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The class consists of three fifty minute lectures per week.
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of college-level mathematics and/or basic sciences, but does not provide experimental experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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This course emphasizes an understanding of environmental systems, especially natural waters (lakes, streams, groundwaters) but also applies to waste waters, drinking waters, and waters used in industrial processes, including foods, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and others.
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.
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This course prepares students by providing a comprehensive education in the fundamentals of civil and environmental engineering, specifically in the area of environmental chemistry. It also applies to industrial processing in foods, pharmaceuticals, metal finishings, paints, semiconductors, and others.
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Students should be able to select the appropriate solution method for a defined problem, obtain and verify that the solution satisfies all conditions, and determine the response of the system from the solution and state the limits of the solution.
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Students should have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics and natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science) to civil and environmental engineering problems.
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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The progress of students toward the course objectives is measured through exams and homework problems.
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Discussion sections are held in which students are asked to participate in discussion of problems and work problems for the class.
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