Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Environmental Science1. Definitions1.1 Environment1.2 Environmental Science1.3 Goals of Environmental Science2. Popular Viewpoints 3. Sustainability3.1 Types and Sources of pollution3.2 Pollution Prevention4. Classical spheres and the related environmental spheres outlined 4.1 Hydrosphere4.2 Atmosphere and air4.3 Geosphere (Earth)4.4 Biosphere (Life)4.5 Cycles4.6 Technology5. Environmental Chemistry 6. Chemical Analysis, Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry7. Ecology8. Energy and Cycles of EnergyChapter 2 Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry1. Water1.1 Definitions1.2 Characteristics of Water1.3. Natural Water Cycles 2. Carbon Cycle2.1 Biomass Development 2.2 Biomass conversion 3. Nitrogen Cycle3.1 Sources of nitrogen 3.2 Why is Nitrogen important to life? 3.3 Nitorgen Fixation3.4 Nitrogen Pathways Common in Life3.5 Completeing the Nitrogen Cycle3.6 Other N2 process related to pollution3.7 NOx PreventionChapter 3 Water Chemistry Basics1. Aqueous Chemistry2. Oxygen3. Carbon Dioxide4. Carbon Dioxide & Carbonate, pH & Alkalinity4.1. Acids and Bases 4.2. Natural Waters & CO2, Equilibrium4.3. Strong and weak acid - base ionizations, buffer behavior, solubility and precipitation4.4. Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation4.5 Buffers and Buffer Capacity5. Chemical Equilibrium5.1. Review of important and common types of equilibrium constants5.2. Solubility and Precipitation in WaterChapter 4 Water Chemistry 1. Solubility1.1. Precipitation Mechanisms1.2. Stability of colloid1.3. Activity1.4. Calcium, Water "Hardness"1.5. Species in water2. Complexation and Chelation2.1. Complexation, Ligands, and Complexometric Reactions2.2. Chelating Agents2.3. Competing reactions and the complexities of real environmental situations2.4. A man made chelator in natural water (NTA)2.5. Complexation by Humic Acids and Other Organic Matter3. Oxidation and Reduction3.1. Oxidation State Assignment - Review and Reminder3.2. Solubility and Transformation Redox Reactions 3.3. Corrosion - an anthropogenic environmental interaction3.4. pE - a gauge of a systems Oxidizing or Reducing potential3.5. Redox Reactions-Formal and Traditional Definitions and Explanation Chapter 5 Atmospheric Chemistry1.What is air?2.The Sun –The Atmospheric Energy Driver2.1. How did it get here?2.2. Solar Radiation2.3. The Flow of Air on Earth2.4. Energy Movement Based on Weather3.Ozone3.1. Tropospheric Ozone3.2. Stratospheric Ozone3.3. Fluorocarbons, Stratospheric Ozone Effects4.Greenhouse Effect (Positive and Negative)5.Photochemical ReactionsChapter 6 Soil Chemistry1.Why soil environmental chemistry is important?2.Scope of Soil Chemistry3.Composition of Soil4.Important Soil Properties4.1.Soil Particle Size4.2.Soil Density & Porosity4.3.Total Elements4.4.Bio-available Elements4.5.Macronutrients vs. Micronutrients4.6.Soil pH4.7.Soil Organic Matter (OM)4.8.Soil Clay4.9.Soil CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)5. Important Soil Environmental Processes5.1 Soil Chemistry of Metals: Mercury (Hg)5.2 Soil Chemistry of Metals: Cd, Pb, Cr5.3 Soil Chemistry of Pesticides6. Soil Pollution7. Remediation of Soil Pollution7.1. Bioremediation7.2. Physical and Chemical Methods

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Environmental Science （3hr）Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry （3hr）Chapter 3 Water Chemistry Basics （6hr）Chapter 4 Water Chemistry （12hr）Chapter 5 Atmospheric Chemistry （12hr）Chapter 6 Soil Chemistry （12hr）Presentation (6hr)

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