Environmental chemistry
ENV-200
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Environmental chemistry / Chimie environnementale
Instructors: Meret Aeppli (MA) and Tamar Kohn (TK)
Lectures 1-3: Monday, 13.15-16.00h, ELA1
Lectures 4 and 5: Tuesday, 10.15-12.00h, MEB331
Additional reading:
- Brezonik and Arnold: Water Chemistry, An introduction to the chemistry of natural and engineered aquatic systems.
- Sigg, Behra, Stumm : Chimie des milieux aquatiques
- Schwarzenbach, Gschwend, Imboden : Environmental Organic Chemistry.
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- Appendix C from Schwarzenbach, Gschwend, Imboden: Environmental Organic Chemistry, 2nd edition (File)
- HomeworkHomework will be assigned bi-weekly. Attem... (Text and media area)
- News forum (Forum)
- Assistants Josephine Meibom*, Bence Dienes*, Camil... (Text and media area)
- ExamsMidterm exams I and II on October 29 and Nove... (Text and media area)
Introduction and Revision of basic concepts, Acid-base (TK)
- Monday: Introduction and revision of basic concept... (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Introduction to environmental chemistry (File)
- Lecture slides: Revision of basic concepts (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: revision of basic concepts (File)
- Recording of Introduction to Environmental Chemist... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Acid-base (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Acid-base (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Acid-base (File)
- Recording of acid-base lecture, part 1 (monoprotic... (Text and media area)
Acid-base (TK)
- Monday: No class (Jeûne fédéral) (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Acid-base (Text and media area)
- Recording of acid-base lecture, part 2 (diprotic a... (Text and media area)
Metal speciation (MA)
- Monday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework: Revision of basic concepts (File)
- Homework Revision of basic concepts: solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Metal speciation I (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides Metal speciation I (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Metal speciation I (File)
- Recording of Metal Speciation I (2023)https://medi... (Text and media area)
Metal speciation (MA)
- Monday: Metal speciation II (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Metal speciation II (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Metal speciation II (File)
- Recording of Metal Speciation II (2023): https://m... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Metal speciation III (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Metal speciation III (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Metal speciation III (File)
- Calculations diagrams Metal speciation I-III (File)
- Recording of Metal Speciation III (2023): https://... (Text and media area)
Redox (MA)
- Monday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework: Metal speciation, complexation (File)
- Homework: Metal speciation, complexation: solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Redox I (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Redox I (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Redox I (File)
- Recording of Redox I (2023): https://mediaspace.ep... (Text and media area)
Redox and kinetics (MA)
- Monday: Redox II (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Redox II (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Redox II (File)
- Lecture slides: Redox II, updated version used in the lecture (File)
- Recording of Redox II (2023): https://mediaspace.e... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Kinetics (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Kinetics (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Kinetics (File)
- Recording of Kinetics (2023): https://mediaspace.e... (Text and media area)
No class (fall break)
Midterm exam I, Chemistry of natural waters
- Monday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework: Precipitation and dissolution, redox (File)
- Homework: Precipitation and dissolution, redox: solutions (File)
- Tuesday: 10.15-11h Midterm exam I (last name start... (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Chemistry of Natural Waters part 1 (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Chemistry of Natural Waters part 1 (File)
- Recording of Chemistry of Natural Waters I (2023):... (Text and media area)
Geochemical Modeling (LS)
- Monday: Geochemical modeling I (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Geochemical Modeling I (File)
- Geochemical modeling GWB files (Folder)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Geochemical Modeling I (File)
- Recording of Geochemical Modeling I (2023): https:... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Geochemical modeling II (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Geochemical Modeling II (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Geochemical Modeling II (File)
- Recording of Geochemical Modeling II (2023): https... (Text and media area)
Carbonate system (TK)
- Monday: Carbonate system (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: carbonate system (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture slides: Carbonate system and alkalinity (File)
- Recording of carbonate system lecture, part 2 (202... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework: Kinetics, geochemical modeling (File)
- Homework: Kinetics, geochemical modeling: solutions (File)
- Homework: Kinetics, geochemical modeling: solutions exercise 3 (File)
- Homework: Kinetics, geochemical modeling: solutions exercise 4 (File)
Carbonate system, Chemistry of natural waters II, Partitioning (TK)
- Monday: Carbonate system (Text and media area)
- Recording of carbonate system and alkalinity lectu... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Chemistry of Natural Waters II (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Chemistry of natural waters part II (File)
- Solutions to exercise in lecture slides: Chemistry of natural waters part II (File)
- Recording of Case study 1: CO2 in lakes (2023)http... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Partitioning (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Partitioning (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lectures slides: Partitioning (File)
- No recording available for Partitioning Part 1 due... (Text and media area)
Midterm exam II, Partitioning (TK)
- Monday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework Acid-base and carbonate system (File)
- Homework Acid base and carbonate system - solutions (File)
- Tuesday:10.15-11h: Midterm exam II (last name star... (Text and media area)
- Recording of Partitioning, part 2 (2023): https://... (Text and media area)
Partitioning (TK)
- Monday: Partitioning (Text and media area)
- Recording of partitioning, part III (2023): https:... (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Partitioning (Text and media area)
- Recording or partitioning part 4 (incomplete - mic... (Text and media area)
Chemistry of natural waters III (TK)
- Monday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework Partitioning 1 (File)
- Homework Partitioning 1 - solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Chemistry of natural waters III (Text and media area)
- Lecture slides: Chemistry of natural waters part 3 (File)
- CHEMFATE excel sheet for in-class exercise (File)
General revision (TK, LS)
- Monday: Exercise session (Text and media area)
- Homework partitioning 2 (File)
- Homework Partitioning 2 - solutions (File)
- Tuesday: General revision (Text and media area)
- General revision (File)
- General revision solution (File)
- Recording of General Revision (we apologize for is... (Text and media area)