| Course Unit Code | 546-0320/03 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| PER34 | doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The aim of the subject "Pollutants in the environment" is introduction to the basic term of environmental chemistry. Th students are acquitants with chemicals and elements, which are present in the environment during impact of anthropogenous activity. The students received the physico-chemical, toxicological properties and information about fate of pollutants in the environment and also their influence on living organisms. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| The identification of pollutants from legislation point of view. Acquire of knowledge on behaviour of pollutants in environment on the basis of their environmental properties (bioaccumalition index, ecotoxicity, Kow). The classification of hazardous components and especially hazardous components in water environment. |
| Course Contents |
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1.Introduction. Environment. The main compounds of the environment. Local end global problems of pollution of environment. Biogeochemical cycles of most important elements.
2.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.
3.Chemical reaction of pollutants in all environmental components. The phase equilibrium. Kinetics of chemical reactions and thermodynamics.
4.The general group of pollutants. Green house gasses CO2, N2O, CH4 (greenhouse effect). Sources, input, transport, fate in environment, influence on environment.
5.Heavy metals: As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ni, Zn, V, Sn. Sources, input, transport, fate and influence on environment.
6.Organic pollutants. Distribution, classification, volatile organic matter. Sources, input, transport, fate and influence on living organisms.
7.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.
8.The properties of individual groups of POPS: PCBs, PAHs, PCDDs/Fs, PCNs, PBDE, PFCs, SCCPs. The source, occurence, presence and reaction.
9.Other groups of pollutants: oil hydrocarbons, detergents, fertilizers, organometallic compounds, radioactive elements. Properties, sources, occurences, the form of presence, reactions, influence on
10.Pollutions of atmosphere. The basis properties of atmosphere, compositions and structure, emmisions, aerosols, reaction of pollutants in atmosphere, dispersion of pollutants in atmosphere, aerosols, acidifications. Ozone layer, the factors influencing of ozone layer.
11.Hydrosphere. Properties, function, classification. Pollutions of hydrosphere, pollutions of sediments.
12.Pedosphere. The composition and properties of soils. The pedogenetic soil factors and processes. Contamination of urban soils, forest soils and agricultural soils.
13.Evaluation of risks connected with presence of pollutants in environment.
14.Limitation of input of pollutants in the environment.
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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Lipnick L. (2002): Chemicals in the environment: fate, impacts and remediation. American Chemical Society, 1-508.
Lancaste M. (2010): Green chemistry: an introductory text. Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry, 2nd Edition.
Schecter A. (2012): Dioxins and health including other persistant organic pollutants and endocrine disruptors. 3rd Edition. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-60529-5, 1-680.
Walker D. (2011): Fuels and the environment. Evans Brothers, 1-288. |
Bencko, V.,Cikrt, M., Lener, J. Toxické kovy v životním a pracovním prostředí
člověka. Avicenum Praha, 282 s. ISBN 80-7169-150-X. 1995.
Pitter, P. Hydrochemie. 3. vydání, 568 s. ISBN 80-7080-340-1. 1999.
Raclavský, K., Raclavská, H., Matýsek, D. Ochrana půd. FRVŠ 408 F1. VŠB-TU
Ostrava, Institut geologického inženýrství. 2002.
Víden, I. Chemie ovzduší. Praha. Nakl. VŠCHT. 98 s., ISBN 80-7080-571-4. 2005.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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Des Connell: Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry. 2nd.ed Boca Raton:
Francis Group, 462s. ISBN 978-1-5667-0676-6. 2005.
Loon, G.W., Duffy, S.J. Environmental chemistry. A global perspective. 2nd ed.
Oxford University Press. 514s. ISBN-10: 0-19-927499-1. 2005. |
Kaličinksá J. (2008): Monitorování životního prostředí. Nakladatelství PAVKO, 1-88.
Lukeš I., Mikča B. (2009): Teoretické základy anorganické chemie. Karolinum, ISBN 978-80-246-1146-5, 1-178. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Project work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Exercises evaluation and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Exercises evaluation | Credit | 33 (33) | 17 |
| Other task type | Other task type | 33 | 17 |
| Examination | Examination | 67 (67) | 34 |
| Written examination | Written examination | 30 | 15 |
| Oral | Oral examination | 37 | 19 |