Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Course Code: CHM-526
Course Objectives:
Students will be able to acquire knowledge and develop understanding about the fundamental principles
of environmental chemistry and different types of pollutions. Such information will be useful in studying
and solving pollution related issues and experiments in the laboratory.
Course Contents:
Atmospheric Pollution:
The atmosphere, composition, temperature and pressure profile, role of free radicals in the atmosphere,
temperature inversion and photochemical smog, particulate matter in the atmosphere, Industrial
pollutants, atmospheric aerosols, acid-rain major sources, mechanism, control measures and effects on
buildings and vegetation, global warming, major greenhouse gases, mechanism, control measures and
global impact, the stratospheric ozone–the one hole, CFCs, ozone protection, biological consequences of
ozone depletion.
Water Pollution:
Water pollution and waste water treatment, municipal, industrial and agricultural sources of pollution,
heavy metals contamination of water, eutrophication, detergents and phosphates in water, water quality
criteria, water purification: primary, secondary and advanced treatment, removal of nitrogen and
phosphorous compounds from polluted water, organic matter in water and its decomposition.
Land pollution:
Soil and mineral resources, general principles of metal extraction, heavy metals contamination of soil,
toxicity of heavy metals, bio-accumulation of heavy metals, organic matter in soil, macro and micro-
nutrients in soil, ion- exchange in soil, soil pH and nutrients availability.
Green Chemistry:
Atom economy, integrated pests management control (IPMC), ionic liquids, super critical extraction
technology, green synthesis, recycling, carbon dioxide sequestering, water based paints.
Course outcomes:
Students will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and ethical responsibility necessary to contribute to
the sustainable management of environmental resources and protection of human and ecosystem health.
Recommended Books:
1. Baird, C. and Cann, M., Environmental Chemistry, 5th ed., W. H. Freeman & Company, (2012).
2. Dara, S. S. and Mihsra, D. D., A Text Book of Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Control,
9th ed., S. Chand & Co. Ltd., (2004).
3. Singhi, R. and Singh, V., Green Chemistry for Environmental Remediation, John-Willey & Sons,
Inc., (2011).
4. Holloway, A. M. and Wayne, R. P., Atmospheric Chemistry, 1st ed., Royal Society of Chemistry,
(2010).
5. Vaclavikova, M., Vitale, K., Gallios, G. P. and Ivanicova, L. Water Treatment Technologies for
Removal of High Toxicity Pollutants, Springerlink, UK, ( 2010).
6. Manahan, S. E., Environmental Chemistry, 9th ed., CRC press, Taylor & Francis group, USA,
(2009).
7. Girard, J. E., Principles of Environmental Chemistry, 2nd ed., Jones and Bartlett publishers,
(2010).
8. Harrison, R. M., Monks, P., Farmer, J. G., Graham, M. C., Mora, S. J., Pulford, I. and Hulsal, C.,
Principles of Environmental Chemistry, 1st ed., Royal Society of Chemistry, (2007).
9. Matalack, A., Introduction to Green Chemistry, 2nd ed., CRC press, Taylor & Francis group,
USA, (2010).
10. Wright, J., Environmental Chemistry, Routledge, (2003).
11. O’Neill, P., Environmental Chemistry, 3rd ed., Blackie Academic & Professional, (1998).
12. Elsom, D. M., Atmospheric Pollution: A Global Problem, 2nd ed., Wiley- Blackwell, (1992)
