Environmental Organic Chemistry

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: CHEM 130 or equivalent. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) The behavior and transformation of anthropogenic chemicals in the environment. Specific topics will include sorption, volatilization, air-water exchange, and transformation processes (e.g. hydrolysis, photolysis, redox, etc.). Predictive tools for the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment are developed using chemical molecular properties.