CHEM 5342 - Environmental Chemistry

three hours lecture. Three credit hours.

A survey of environmental chemistry. Topics covered will include: Composition of the atmosphere and behavior; energy and climate; principles of photochemistry and surfactants; harloorganics and pesticides, water and air pollution (tropospheric and stratospheric) and connections to climate change; elemental and molecular environmental chemistry in geological media; water cycle and water treatment; principles of nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry; nuclear environmental chemistry; and evaluation of energy sources that are sustainable. Dual listed in the Undergraduate Catalog as CHEM 4342 may not enroll in CHEM 5342.

Prerequisites: CHEM 3350 and CHEM 2310 with grade of C or greater.