Course code

MLK6019.LT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Keskkonnakeemia

Course title in English

Environmental Chemistry

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Kalle Truus (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Comprehension of environmental processes from the chemical standpoint. Forming of sustainable view of life.

Brief description of the course

Global and local problems of environmental chemistry. Main characteristics of biosphere. Protection of nature and the environment. Anthrosphere. Cycles of matter. Atmospheric chemistry. Air and air pollutants. Background radioactivity. Nitrogen and nitrogen oxides. Acid rain. Exhaust. Carbon oxides. Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect. Aerosols. Ozone layer destruction. Aquatic chemistry. Water pollution. Main types of water pollutants, Water treatment and purification. Sewages. Chemistry of pedosphere. Soil chemistry. Pollution of soil. Biofunctions of chemical elements. Toxicants (toxic metals, organochlorine compounds, dioxins). Hazardous and E-series additives in nutrients.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows environmental problems in chemical context at local and global levels;
- is able to apply the knowledge obtained for analysis of processes taking place in various spheres of Earth;
- can differentiate types of contamination and respective environmental risks on the basis of their dangerousness.

Teacher

Dots Kalle Truus

Prerequisite course 1

General Chemistry (MLK6001.LT)

Study programmes containing that course

Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/24.LT)
Natural Sciences (MLL2B/24.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/23.LT)
Natural Sciences (MLL2B/23.LT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/24.LT)
Swedish Philology (GRR3B/23.HT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/22.LT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/23.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/21.LT)