1. ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY OPEN COURSE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY OPEN COURSE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

2. COURSE CODE – CH5DO1.4 CREDITS – 4 HOURS -72 Mainly for students in the science stream. ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

3. To understand the chemical aspects of environmental issues like environmental degradation, ozone depletion, pollution etc To enable students to study the concepts and techniques in monitoring, analyzing and solving environmental issues. COURSE AIMS

4.  ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT  TOXIC EFFECT OF POLLUTANTS  WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS AND STANDARDS  EFFLUENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT  SOIL CHEMISTRY AND AGRICULTURE OBJECTIVES

5.  CONSERVATION OF ENERGY  RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES - NUCLEAR ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY, HYDROGEN ENERGY (FUEL CELL) 1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

6.  CONVENTIONAL AND NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RESOURCES  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION  THE CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT

7.  TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT HEAVY METALS - Cd, Hg,Pb,As OXIDES OF CARBON,SULPHUR,NITRIOGEN……  IMPACT OF TOXIC CHEMICALS ON THE LIVING ORGANISMS.  CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES. 2. CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

8.  PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AIR POLLUTANTS  PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG  ACID RAIN  OZONE LAYER DEPLETION  RADIOACTIVITY  AIR QUALITY STANDARDS  NOISE POLLUTION  AIR POLLUTION ACCIDENTS 3. AIR POLLUTION

9. BHOPAL TRAGEDYCHERNOBYL DISASTER AIR POLLUTION ACCIDENTS

10.  SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION  POLLUTION OF FRESH WATER,GROUND WATER AND OCEAN  WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS - COD,BOD,DO,Hardness,Turbidity,Salinity…..  WASTE WATER TREATMENT TECHNIQUES  CASE STUDY: KUTTANADU WETLAND 4. WATER POLLUTION

12.  EFFLUENT – DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS  METHODS FOR WASTE DISPOSAL AND MANAGEMENT  RECYCLING AND REUSE OF WASTE  METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS WASTE  PRINCIPLES OF GREEN CHEMISTRY 5. EFFLUENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

13.  COMPOSITION OF SOIL  CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE SOIL  WASTE AND POLLUTANTS IN THE SOIL  SAMPLING PROCEDURES AND ANALYSIS OF SOIL - P H,N,P,K,LIME STATUS…….  SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 6. LITHOSPHERE