CHEM 2530 - Environmental & Analytical Chemistry II

Chemical analysis - both quantitation and speciation - is one of the most valuable employment skills carried by trained chemists. This course aims to equip students with a working knowledge and practical skill set for professional analytical chemistry and its application to a number of environmental systems and industrial applications. Students will be trained in techniques used by professional chemists to determine chemical composition and analyse for trace compounds, central to the environmental systems that are covered. The fundamentals of analytical rigour will be addressed and developed through both theory and practical application. The course will establish a sound understanding of the chemistry of the biosphere and the impact of natural and human induced events on local and global environments. The atmospheric, terrestrial, riverine and oceanic chemical compositions and their interactions to produce climate and other environmental variations are examined.