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COMBINED COURSE: ANALYTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY - APPLIED CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (MODULE)
CRISTINA TRUZZI

Seat Scienze
A.A. 2016/2017
Credits 7
Hours 56
Period 2^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code ST03 3S433

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the topics of the courses on Mathematics, Physics, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.

Development of the course

The course consists of theoretical lectures (5 credits, 40 hours) and individual laboratory practical work and exercises on field (2 credits, 16 hours)

Learning outcomes

Knowledge:
The course enable students to acquire the basic knowledges and concepts of environmental pollution (air and water), essential for environmental protection, prevention and reduction of environmental pollution. In particular, the student acquires knowledge about environmental legislation and major environmental contaminants, their sources, their fate in atmosphere and in the water, and their effects on environment. Contextually the course deals with the main techniques of pollutants monitoring, and principal methods of reduction of pollutants and particulate air pollution. Moreover, the course presents some advanced analytical techniques (atomic absorption spectroscopy AAS, atomic emission spectroscopy ICP-MS, voltammetric in-situ techniques).

Ability to apply the knowledge:
The student will acquire the following professional skills: 1) ability to sampling environmental matrices (on field) and to carry out physical and chemical analyses; 2) ability to perform simple physical and chemical analyses (such as determination of water hardness, total solids and alkalinity of water) and advanced analysis in atomic absorption spectrometry; 3) ability to made interconversion between mass units for air pollutants (ppm, mg/m3, mol/L); 4) ability to evaluate analytical data obtained according to law limits, provided by national and international institutions; 5) ability to discuss case-studies of environments monitoring extracts from scientific literature.

Soft skills:
The execution of individual laboratory analyses, and the preparation of reports on practical work carried out, help student to improve the degree of judgement autonomy in general, because the student will learn to compare experimental data with the corresponding limit laws, encouraging a discussion above. The communicative capacity will be stimulated during lessons by discussing with the teacher some scientific report or papers (even in English language) on environmental monitoring of air and/or water: these capabilities will be encouraged by attendance to some seminar on environmental topic, carried out by managers of the sector. In addition, the execution of field analyses contribute to improve the degree of judgement autonomy in general, the communicative capacity, the learning capacity in autonomy, and the ability to draw conclusions from experimental data.

Program

Knowledge:
The course enable students to acquire the basic knowledges and concepts of environmental pollution (air and water), essential for environmental protection, prevention and reduction of environmental pollution. In particular, the student acquires knowledge about environmental legislation and major environmental contaminants, their sources, their fate in atmosphere and in the water, and their effects on environment. Contextually the course deals with the main techniques of pollutants monitoring, and principal methods of reduction of pollutants and particulate air pollution. Moreover, the course presents some advanced analytical techniques (atomic absorption spectroscopy AAS, atomic emission spectroscopy ICP-MS, voltammetric in-situ techniques).

Ability to apply the knowledge:
The student will acquire the following professional skills: 1) ability to sampling environmental matrices (on field) and to carry out physical and chemical analyses; 2) ability to perform simple physical and chemical analyses (such as determination of water hardness, total solids and alkalinity of water) and advanced analysis in atomic absorption spectrometry; 3) ability to made interconversion between mass units for air pollutants (ppm, mg/m3, mol/L); 4) ability to evaluate analytical data obtained according to law limits, provided by national and international institutions; 5) ability to discuss case-studies of environments monitoring extracts from scientific literature.

Soft skills:
The execution of individual laboratory analyses, and the preparation of reports on practical work carried out, help student to improve the degree of judgement autonomy in general, because the student will learn to compare experimental data with the corresponding limit laws, encouraging a discussion above. The communicative capacity will be stimulated during lessons by discussing with the teacher some scientific report or papers (even in English language) on environmental monitoring of air and/or water: these capabilities will be encouraged by attendance to some seminar on environmental topic, carried out by managers of the sector. In addition, the execution of field analyses contribute to improve the degree of judgement autonomy in general, the communicative capacity, the learning capacity in autonomy, and the ability to draw conclusions from experimental data.

Development of the examination

Methods for assessing learning outcomes:
The exam takes place as oral interview related to topics of the program.

Criteria for assessing learning outcomes: 
Student should demonstrate to know the topics of the program, such as fundamental concepts of environmental pollution (air and water), which are essential for environmental protection, prevention and reduction of environmental pollution.

Criteria for measuring learning outcomes:
The final mark is attributed in thirtieths. Successful completion of the examination will lead to grades ranging from 18 to 30, and 30 with laud. 

Criteria for conferring final mark:
The final mark is attributed by evaluating the learning of the student on the contents of the course and by evaluating the complete mastery of the matter. The vote of the Combined Course of which this course is part (together with the course of Analytical chemistry for environment and safety) is attributed evaluating the results of the two modules.

Recommended reading

Copy of slides available
Chimica Ambientale, C. Baird, M. Cann., 2th Ed., 2006, Zanichelli. Bologna. 
J. H. Seinfeld: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics of Air Pollution. John Wiley and Sons, 2012
C. Stern, R. W Bonbel, D.F. Fox: Fundamentals of Air Pollution (II Ed.) Academic Press,1984

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