CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCESModule CHIMICA ORGANICA E AMBIENTALE
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Salvatore FAILLAExpected Learning Outcomes
The module aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge in the field of environmental and workplace chemistry, focusing attention on the principles of organic and environmental chemistry, and on the reactions that occur in nature even in the presence of sunlight.
Course Structure
The teaching methodology of the course includes lectures through the use of video projector and overhead projector, and numerical exercises on the topics covered during the week.
If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic concepts of inorganic chemistry.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
- Elements of organic chemistry: saturated and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Nomenclature and reactivity. Aromatic hydrocarbons.
- Main functional groups: halides, alcohols, phenols and thiols, ethers, esters, aldehydes and ketones, amines, carboxylic acids.
- Adiction polymers and condensation polymers.
- Electromagnetic wave-matter interactions. Origin of emission and absorption. Radiative and non-radiative deexcitation. Greenhouse hydrocarbons. Toxic organic molecules. PBC, IPA, DDT. Biomagnification and definition of lethal dose, LD50.
- Inorganic compounds and environmental impact. Heavy metals and environmental pollution. Heavy metal toxicity. Mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic.
- Harmfulness of chemical substances. General NBC Risk. Classification of products dangerous to health.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elements of organic chemistry: saturated and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Nomenclature and reactivity. Aromatic hydrocarbons | |
| 2 | Main functional groups: halides, alcohols, phenols and thiols, ethers, esters, aldehydes and ketones, amines, carboxylic acids | |
| 3 | Addition and condensation polymers | |
| 4 | Interactions electromagnetic waves matter. Origin of emission and absorption. Radiative and non-radiative de-excitation | |
| 5 | Greenhouse hydrocarbons. Toxic organic molecules. PBC, PAH, DDT. Biomagnification and definition of lethal dose, LD50 | |
| 6 | Inorganic compounds and environmental impact. Heavy metals and environmental pollution. Heavy metal toxicity. Mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic | |
| 7 | Harmfulness of chemicals. General NBC risk. Classification of dangerous products for health |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam
Verification of learning can also be carried out electronically, should conditions require it.
Information for students with disabilities and/or SLD
To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with the laws in force, interested students can request a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory measures, based on the educational objectives and specific needs.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The most common exam questions will be covered throughout the course