Physics and Chemistry for Environmental EngineeringLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

After the course the student has a basic understanding of the varied topics, concepts and quantities presented and can analyze situations in terms of these quantities. The student has a fair computational ability in problems dealing with these topics.

Content

Basics of electricity, potential, voltage, current resistance, power. Phases of matter, fluids, hydrostatics, absolute and gauge pressure, Pascal’s principle, measurement of pressure, buoyancy. Hydrodynamics, Bernoulli’s equation, viscosity, surface tension. Temperature, measurement devices, thermal expansion, heat, heat capacity, latent heat, calorimetry, phase changes. Heat transfer, convection, conduction and radiation. Conduction in layered structures. Gases, the ideal gas law.
Basics of chemistry, concept of mole, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, concept of equilibrium, pH.
Structure, bonding, nomenclature and functional groups
Organic reactions, mechanisms and reaction conditions.
Chemistry of elements, stoichiometry
Chemical equilibrium and applications (acid-base equilibrium, buffer solutions, solubility product)
The most common analyzis methodologies

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

To define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to apply, calculate, change and choose the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as to complete and produce the necessary information for the calculations.
Well prepared in advance for the laboratory work. Properly filled laboratory notebook. Analysis of experimental results and comparison with theory.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students is able to categorize, collect, combine and generalize the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as derive and rearrange given basic information.
Excellent and analytic laboratory reports.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

To define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations