EVE 202
Environmental Engineering Chemistry
2
Course Description
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. define relevant chemistry terminologies and their applications; and
2. acquire basic knowledge of chemistry needed to understand environmental concepts.
Course Outline
Stoichiometry and concentration. Atomic structure and chemical bonding. Acids, Bases, Salts,
Metals. Changes of state, Solutions and equilibriums. Electrochemistry and corrosion. Organic
chemistry, Biochemistry. Mass energy transfer and material balances. Quantitative variables
governing chemical behaviour in environmental systems. Thermodynamics and kinetics of
acid/base, coordination, precipitation/dissolution, and redox reactions. Organic chemistry
nomenclature and pesticides.