Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Organization

TTK Department of Analytical Chemistry

Code

atmchemistk18em

Title

Atmospheric chemistry

Usual semester

Spring

Published semester

2025/26/2

ECTS

2

Language

en

Learning outcomes

To understand and apply the knowledge presented in the course in solving various problems in the atmospheric environment including the climate change, and to help students to integrate the environmental approaches into other branches of natural science. To learn the principles and utilization of major sampling, off-line and on-line analytical methods for criteria pollutants of air.

Course content

Topics Covered: 1. Health effects of air pollution, formation of aerosol particles, atmospheric nucleation, cloud condensation nuclei, water vapor in the air, indoor air quality, mass size distribution of aerosol particles, number size distribution of aerosol particles, carbonaceous aerosol, climate change and the air pollution, footprint of atmospheric pollutants. 2. General process of environmental pollution, emission, imission and transmission, classification of the pollution sources and main pollutants in the air, hazard represented by the main pollutants. Sampling methods for gases and aerosol particles. Laboratory and on-line measuring methods for atmospheric gasses and aerosols. Emerging pollutants. International and national legislations. Methods of reducing air pollution. International legislation on diminishing pollutants.

Assessment method

oral or written exam, mark on 5-degree scale

Bibliography

Wayne, R. P.: Chemistry of atmospheres, Oxford University Press, 2000. Warneck, P.: Chemistry of the natural atmosphere, Elsevier, 1999. Seinfeld, J. H., Pandis, S. N.: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Wiley, 1998. Finlayson-Pitts, B. J., Pitts, J. N.: Atmospheric Chemistry: Fundamentals and Experimental Techniques, Wiley, 1990. The slides presented in the lessons and further dedicated advised reading can be downloaded from the website announced in the first lesson.

Programmes of the course