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, BS270
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*, Louis... (Text and media area)
- ExamsMidterm exams I and II on October 6 and Novem... (Text and media area)
- Final exam student list (File)
- Final exam seating plan (File)
Introduction and Revision of basic concepts, Acid-base (TK)
- Monday: Introduction and revision of basic concept... (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes Introduction (File)
- Lecture notes Revision of basic concepts (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture notes Revision of basic concepts (File)
- Tuesday: Acid-base (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes Acid-base (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture notes Acid-base (File)
Acid-base (TK)
- Monday: Acid-base (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Exercise session (revision of basic conce... (Text and media area)
- Homework Revision of basic concepts (File)
- Homework Revision of basic concepts solutions (File)
Carbonate system and alkalinity (TK)
- Monday: no class (Federal Holiday) (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Carbonate system and alkalinity (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes carbonate system and alkalinity (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture notes Carbonate system and alkalinity (File)
Carbonate system and alkalinity (TK)
- Monday: Carbonate system and alkalinity (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Exercise session acid and carbonate (Text and media area)
- Homework acid-base carbonate (File)
- Homework acid base carbonate solutions (File)
Midterm exam I, chemistry of natural waters I (TK)
Metal speciation (MA)
- Monday: Midterm exam I start at 13:15 (last names ... (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes Chemistry of natural waters 1: CO2 in lakes (File)
- Solution to exercise in lecture notes Chemistry of natural waters 1: CO2 in lakes (File)
- Tuesday: Metal speciation I (Text and media area)
- Metal Speciation I Slides (File)
- Metal speciation I solutions (File)
Metal speciation (MA)
- Monday: Metal speciation II (Text and media area)
- Metal speciation II slides (File)
- Metal speciation II solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Exercise session metal speciation (Text and media area)
- Homework Metal speciation complexation (File)
- Homework Metal speciation complexation solution (File)
No class (fall break)
Metal speciation, redox (MA)
- Monday: Metal speciation III (Text and media area)
- Metal speciation III slides (File)
- Metal speciation III solutions (File)
- Calculations metal speciation I-III (File)
- Tuesday: Redox I (Text and media area)
- Redox I slides (File)
- Redox I solutions (File)
Redox (MA)
- Monday: Redox II (Text and media area)
- Redox II slides (File)
- Redox II pe-pH diagram (File)
- Redox II solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Exercise session redox (Text and media area)
- Homework Precipitation and dissolution, redox (File)
- Homework Precipitation and dissolution, redox solution (File)
Kinetics and modeling (MA)
- Monday: Kinetics (Text and media area)
- Kinetics slides (File)
- Kinetics solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Geochemical modeling I (Text and media area)
- Geochemical Modeling I slides (File)
- Geochemical Modeling I solutions (File)
- Input GWB (Folder)
Modeling (MA)
- Monday: Geochemical modeling II (Text and media area)
- Geochemical Modeling II slides (File)
- Geochemical Modeling II solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Exercise session geochemical modeling (Text and media area)
- Homework Kinetics, geochemical modeling (File)
- Homework Kinetics, geochemical modeling solution (File)
- Homework Kinetics, geochemical modeling 2025 solution ex 3 (File)
- Homework Kinetics, geochemical modeling 2025 solution ex 4 (File)
Midterm exam II, chemistry of natural waters II (MA)
Partitioning (TK)
- Monday: Midterm exam II start at 13:15 (last names... (Text and media area)
- Chemistry of Natural Water II slides (File)
- Chemistry of Natural Waters II solutions (File)
- Tuesday: Partitioning (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes Partitioning (File)
Partitioning (TK)
- Monday: Partitioning (Text and media area)
- Solutions to exercises lecture notes (File)
- Tuesday: Exercise session partitioning (Text and media area)
- Homework Partitioning part 1 (File)
- Homework Partitioning part 1 solutions (File)
Partitioning, chemistry of natural waters III (TK)
- Monday: Partitioning (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Chemistry of natural waters III (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes Chemistry of natural waters 3: micropollutants in lake Geneva (File)
- Excel file for exercise in Chemistry of natural systems III (File)
General revision (TK, MA)
- Monday: General revision (Text and media area)
- Lecture notes General revisions (File)
- Solutions to exercises in lecture notes General revisions (File)
- Link to recording of General Revisions 2025 (Text and media area)
- Tuesday: Exercise session partitioning (Text and media area)
- Homework Partitioning part 2 (File)
- Homework Partitioning part 2 solutions (File)