ENVE 615

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

FALL, 2004

 

 

INSTRUCTOR:  Dr. Richard F. McCormick

 

OFFICE:  GH 3G          PHONE:  696-6049 EMAIL:  mccormickr@marshall.edu

 

OFFICE HOURS:  9 – 10 MTWR; 10 – 11 TR; 1 – 3 W

 

TEXT:  Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science, Sawyer, McCarty, & Parkin, 5th

              Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVE:  To continue the education of the environmental engineering/science

                                            student in the area of environmental chemistry including laboratory

                                            techniques.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:  With the successful completion of the course, the student should be

         able to:

 

            1.  Understand the use of the terms turbidity, color, pH, acidity, alkalinity, hardness,

    dissolved oxygen, BOD, COD, nitrogen, iron, manganese, solids, sulfates, and

    phosphates as they apply to the field of environmental engineering.

            2.  Understand the use of principles of stoichiometry, ionization, and bonding.

            3.  Understand the use of principles of oxidation and reduction in environmental

                 engineering relationships.

            4.  Understand the principles of acid/base reactions, buffers, and solubility product.

            5.  Be familiar with the principles of chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and

                 chemical kinetics in environmental applications.

            6.  Understand chlorine chemistry as it applies to disinfection.

 

 

GRADING BASIS:                           2 Hourly Exams            @        20% each                     40%

                                                            Homework                                                                   20%

                                                            Lab                                                                              20%

                                                            Final exam                                                                    20%

                                                            Total                                                                          100%

 

 

                        The lab grade will consist of                  Weekly exercises/reports                      60%

                                                                                    Lab mid-term exam                              20%

                                                                                    Lab final exam                          20%

                                                                                    Total                                                  100%

 

NOTE:  A lab schedule, with safety instructions, will be distributed next week.

TEST SCHEDULE:               Hourly exam #1                                    October 5, 2004

                                                Hourly exam #2                                    November 8, 2004

                                    Final exam                                            December 6, 2004

                                    Lab mid-term exam                              October 19, 2004

                                                Lab final exam                          December 6, 2004

 

NOTE:  Because this course meets only one night per week, an entire period cannot be devoted to testing.  Therefore, we will either have some lecture or a lab exercise on days that we have tests scheduled, with the exception of December 9, when we will have both the course final and the lab final.

 

 

COURSE TOPICS:

 

1.  Turbidity, color, and pH 

2.  Acidity and alkalinity

3.  Hardness and dissolved oxygen

4.  BOD and COD

5.  Nitrogen, iron, and manganese

6.  Solids

7.  Sulfates and phosphates

8.  Basic chemical definitions, stoichiometry, and ionization

9.  Periodic table and bonding

10.  Oxidation/reduction reactions

11.  Law of mass action

12.  Acids and bases

13.  Buffers

14.  Solubility product

15.  Chemical thermodynamics

16.  Electrochemistry

17.  Chemical kinetics

18.  Chlorine chemistry and disinfection

 

INITIAL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

 

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Assignment/Problems

Due Date

1

Read Chapters 13 – 16

 Work problems 13-2, 13-3, 14-1, 14-3, 15-1, 16-3

August 30, 2004

2

Read Chapters 17 – 19

Work problems 17-7, 17-11, 18-10, 18-11, 19-8

September 13, 2004

3

Read Chapters 22 – 24

Work problems 22-1, 22-7, 22-9, 23-2, 23-3, 24-1, 24-2

September 20, 2004

4

Read Chapters 25 – 27, 29 - 30

Work problems 25-1, 25-4, 26-2, 27-1, 27-3, 29-1,

 29-6, 29-8, 30-2, 30-3, 30-5

September 27, 2004