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ENVE102Undergraduate

Environmental Chemistry I

Printed in the catalogue as ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY I

Course content

Scope of environmental chemistry. Discussion of important relevant concepts of chemistry, and introduction of basic environmental chemical concepts including pH, alkalinity, hardness, dissolved oxygen, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). Acid-base chemistry and its significance in environmental engineering. Dissolution and precipitation chemistry, and chemical precipitation reactions in water and wastewater treatment. Coordination chemistry, oxidation and reduction chemistry and its environmental chemical applications.

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