Environmental Chemistry   (519H2)

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

102A2 / 301H2

ECTS:

3

Study level:

Study program:

Teacher:

Aleksandar R. Popović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures (3+0+0)

Goals:

The main goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic processes in the environment and their chemical foundation, the characteristics, origin and processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere, the most important pollutants and basic chemical reactions responsible for their transformation in the environment.

Outcome:

After successfully completing this course, students will understand the connection between physical and chemical factors on the one hand and the processes in the environment on the other hand.

Teaching methods:

Lectures.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

• P. Pfendt: Environmental Chemistry - part 1 (in Serbian), Textbook Publishing Co, Belgrade, 2009.
• D. Veselinović, I. Gržetić, Š. Djarmati, D. Marković: Physicochemical foundations of environmental protection - book 1: Conditions and processes in the environment (in Serbian), Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 2005.
• D. Marković, Š. Djarmati, I. Gržetić, D. Veselinović: Physicochemical foundations of environmental protection - book 2: Sources of pollution, consequences and protection (in Serbian), University of Belgrade, 2005.

Supplementary coursebooks:

• R. Wayne: Chemistry of Atmosphere, Oxford University Press, 2002.
• G. W. van Loon, C. J. Duffy: Environmental Chemistry- A Global Perspective, Oxford University Press, 2005.
• C. Baird, M. Cann: Environmental Chemistry, W. H. Freeman and Co., 2005.

Additional material:

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Lectures:

0 points (3 hours a week)

Colloquia:

30 points

Written exam:

70 points