Course Name: CE5150 : Env.chemistry & Microbiology

Description: Environmental Chemistry Basic concepts from general chemistry: chemical equations, types of chemical reactions, calculations from chemical equations, solutions, activity and activity coefficients, chemical equilibria, chemical thermodynamics, factors affecting chemical equilibrium. Gas laws. Acid Base Equilibria: fundamentals, equilibrium diagrams, alkalinity and acidity, the carbonic acid system, buffering in water systems, measuring alkalinity. Solubility Equilibria: Solubility equlilibria for slightly soluble salts, effect of other solutes on salt solubility, removal of heavy metals from complex water and wastewater systems. Oxidationreduction Equlilibria: oxidationreduction processes galvanic cell and chemical thermodynamics, stability diagrams measuring redox potentials. Water Stabilization: Electrochemical aspects of corrosion, water stabilization, Langelier saturation index, CaldwellLawrence diagrams, Water softening and neutralization: chemical precipitation, ion exchange Application of Redox Chemistr

Slot: A

RoomNo: EWRE 40

Instructor: Sachin S Gunthe

Period: JUL-NOV 2013

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