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Atmospheric Process Chemistry - CEIC0050
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ceic.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CHEM1011 or CHEM1031, CHEM1201 or CVEN1531
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Provides essential chemistry for understanding the processes which are responsible for air pollution. Composition and structure of the atmosphere. Natural gas chemistry. Free-radical gas-phase chemistry. Sources, transformation and sinks for atmospheric gases. Combustion processes. Smog chemistry. Radiochemistry. Biochemistry of toxic chemicals. Chemistry of polluting processes.

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