Tiago Daniel Adriano Fernandes

1. Atmosphere Chemistry
2. Water Chemistry
3. Toxicity

• Identify environmental phenomena based on chemistry and physics.
• Learning how to apply the chemical principles involved in environmental systems, in order to recover, maintain and/or improve the quality of the Environment.
• Developing a conscious, critical and justified attitude towards the effects of human activity on the environment.

Introduction.
The atmosphere: constitution; polluting substances; sulfur dioxide; acid rain; ozone and CFCs.
The water: Water constituents of oceans and freshwater; chemical and physical properties; reactions of oxidation-reduction; pE sclae; the carbonate system; ions in freswaterwater; water purification; underground water; chemical contamination and sewage treatment.
Toxic substances: lethal dose; corrosive and metabolic poisons; heavy metals; toxic organic compounds - pesticides, dioxins and PCBs.

Environmental Chemistry, Colin Baird, Michael Cann, W.H. Freeman and Company, 2005.
World of Chemistry, Joesten & Wood, Saunders College Publishing, 2nd Ed., 1996.
Química: Príncipios e Aplicações, Daniel Reger, Scott Goode, Edward Mercer, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1997.
The extraordinary chemistry of ordinary things, Carl H. Snyder, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1995.
Other study materials will be available at the e-learning platform.

E-learning.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).