44256 - Environmental Inorganic Chemistry

Academic Year 2014/2015

  • Docente: Carla Carfagna
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: CHIM/03
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Technologies for the Environment and Materials (cod. 8514)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at giving fundamentals in the field of inorganic environmental chemistry. The aim is to gain awareness of environmental consequences of inorganic compounds associated  to human activities.

Course contents

The course is aimed at acquiring basic knowledge in the field of inorganic chemistry concerning environmental aspects. The aim is to gain awareness of environmental consequences of inorganic compounds due to human activities, for example concerning energy production from fossil fuels and from alternative resources.  Some basic knowledge in the field of organometallic chemistry will be provided in order to understand the environmental impact due to increasing diffusion of  compounds with metal-carbon bonds, introduced in commercial products and industrial processes. Fundamentals concerning bioinorganic chemistry will be presented to understand some aspects of the interaction between inorganic compounds and living systems.

Readings/Bibliography

Environmental Inorganic Chemistry: Properties, Processes, and Estimation Methods

Itamar Bodek Pergamon Pr (January 1989) ISBN-10: 0080368336

Chimica Inorganica (principi, strutture, reattività) J.E. Huheey, E.A. Keiter, R.L. Keiter (Ed. Piccin) COD 0825510

Greenwood - Earnshaw
1991 - COD 0717191 COD 0717192 (Piccin)

Teaching methods

The course includes class lectures and tutorial activities. Lectures are supported by slide projection.  Class discussion is encouraged

Assessment methods

Students are required to  produce a short report on one of the course topics. The report is examined and discussed   in one of the scheduled session at the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Teaching supports include PowerPoint presentations, and slide projection. Documents and slides shown are made available to students as well as bibliographic references and net resources.

Office hours

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