Course Description

CH233 Environmental Atmospheric Chemistry 0.5

The nature and composition of the atmosphere; chemistry of main air pollutants; the ozone layer and chemistry of the chlorofluorocarbons; hydrocarbon emissions and their influence on photochemical smog; greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect; gaseous inorganic oxide pollutants and acid rain; atmospheric particulate matter and removal methods; importance and methods of atmospheric monitoring; methods for analysis of gaseous pollutants.

Prerequisite: CH100*.

DRAFT electronic version updated at 1:45 p.m. January 30, 2003

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