- Docente: Silvia Pieraccini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (cod. 8518)
Learning outcomes
After this class, the student will know about the basic concepts on the principal classes of organic pollutants, their sources and effects, the chemical reactions interesting them or generating them.
Course contents
The ozone layer: chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and related compounds
Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming
Fossil fuels - Biofuels
Photochemical smog and tropospheric chemistry
Atmospheric particulate matter. The great smog of London. Acid rain.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs): indoor and outdoor pollution.
Organic pollutants: physical and chemical properties, environmental distribution.
Polycyclic aromati hydrocarbons (PAHs)Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): long range transport and bioaccumulation
Dioxins (PCDDs) - Benzofurane derivatives - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Pesticides- Fertilizers - Endocrine disruptors - Surfactants
Organic polymers.
Waste management.
Biodegradation - Bioremediation -
The green chemistry
Readings/Bibliography
C. Baird, "Chimica Ambientale", Zanichelli
S. E. Manahan, "Chimica dell'ambiente", Piccin
Teaching methods
Lectures with slide presentations.
Assessment methods
Oral examination of about 30 minutes, during which the student will expose his acquirements on the main organic pollutants. The student is expected to know the chemical structure, the physical and chemical properties and the environmental behaviour (partitioning between phases, reactivity, persistence, transport, bioaccumulation), the main antropic sources and the main effects on the biotic and abiotic world.
Teaching tools
Videobeamer
Office hours
See the website of Silvia Pieraccini