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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Pollutants in the Environment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0462/01
Abbreviation PolŽP
Course title Pollutants in the Environment
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Introduction. Environment. The main compounds of the environment. Local end global problems of pollution of environment. Biogeochemical cycles of most important elements.
Chemical components – pollutants in the environment. The occurence, fate and influence of pollutants on living organisms, the processes influencing the distribution and fate of pollutants, transport processes.
Chemical reaction of pollutants in all environmental components. The phase equilibrium. Kinetics of chemical reactions and thermodynamics.
The main groups of pollutants. Greenhouse gasses – sources, input, transport, fate and influence on environment.
Heavy metals: As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ni, Zn, V, Sn. Sources, input, transport, fate and influence on environment.
Organic pollutants. Distribution, classification, volatile organic matter. Sources, input, transport, fate and influence on living organisms.
POPs. The basic properties, toxic impacts, classifications. Sources, input, transport, fate and influence on living organisms, toxic properties. The international conventions, Inventory checks of POPs.
The properties of individual groups of POPS: PCBs, PAHs, PCDDs/Fs, PCNs, PBDE, PFCs, SCCPs. The source, occurence, presence and reaction.
Other groups of pollutants: oil hydrocarbons, detergents, fertilizers, organometallic compounds, radioactive elements. Properties, sources, occurences, the form of presence, reactions, influence on
Pollutions of atmosphere. The basis properties of atmosphere, compositions and structure, immisions, aerosols, reaction of pollutants in atmosphere, dispersion of pollutants in atmosphere, aerosols, acidifications. Ozone layer, the factors influencing of ozone layer.
Hydrosphere. Properties, function, classification. Pollutions of hydrosphere, pollutions of sediments.
Pedosphere. The composition and properties of soils. The pedogenetic soil factors and processes. Contamination of urban soils, forest soils and agricultural soils.
Evaluation of risks connected with presence of pollutants in environment.
Limitation of input of pollutants in the environment.

Literature

Des Connell: Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry. 2nd.ed Boca Raton:. Taylor and Francis Group, 2005, 462s. ISBN 978-1-5667-0676-6.
Berekute A.K. Handbook of Environmental Chemitsry and Toxicology. Lambert Academic Publishing. 2017, 1-248. ID:8126910
Crafword Ch.B., Quinn B..: Microplastic Pollutants. Elsevier Sciences &Technology. 1-338, ISBN 9780128094068 
Harrison R.M., Cartmell E., Fawell J.: Polution, Causes, Effects and Control. 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1-558.
Loehr A.: Pollution Controll of Agriculture. Elsevier Sciences &Technology. 2012, 1-254. ISBN: 9780124552708 
Möller D.: Chemistry for Environmental Scientists. De Gruyter, 2015, 1-380.
Vallero D.: Fundamentals of Air Pollution. Elsevier Sciences &Technology. 1-999. ISBN: 9780124017337 

Advised literature

Colbeck I. (2008): Environmental chemistry of aerosls. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, UK, 1-272
Šráček O., Čerík M., Vencelides Z. (2013): Applications of Geochemical and reactive Transport Modeling in Hydrogeology. Vydavatelství UPOL.1-121.