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CHM2752

Faculty of Science

18 September 2017 16 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Science

Organisational Unit

Gippsland School of Applied Science and Engineering

Coordinator(s)

Dr Vince Verheyen

Offered

Gippsland

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit presents a broad overview of the origins of the environmental pollution problems by studying the sources, reactions, transport, effects and fate of chemical species in the water, soil and air environments. Specifically it will study the influence of human activity upon these processes and provide relevant practical introduction to the basic analytical techniques employed for environmental chemical analysis.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Classify, and state the sources of, water pollutants including oxygen-consuming wastes, disease-causing agents, synthetic organic compounds, radioactive materials and heat;

  1. Assess water quality by the measurement of the various water parameters;

  1. Discuss the chemical processes which occur in natural waters, soils and sediments;

  1. Describe the principles of air pollution;

  1. State the major sources, fate and effects of pollutants;

  1. Discuss tools and approaches for preventing environmental pollution;

  1. Demonstrate competence in basic analytical techniques employed for environmental chemical analysis, including atmospheric monitoring and sampling methods.

Assessment

Assignment work (5000 words): 20%
Practical work: 25%
Examination (3 hours): 55%

Workload requirements

Three 1-hour lectures and an average of three hours of laboratory per week

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor David Paganin

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Chemistry

Prerequisites

One of CHM1022, CHM1742 or CHM1752