Welcome to Atmospheric Chemistry KEM170!

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Chemistry happens everywhere, even in the air you breathe. Chemical reaction is the main route to remove gaseous air pollutants from the atmosphere, both for natural and man-made substances. This course gives you a deep understanding of the chemistry that takes place in the atmosphere and an explanation of the resulting effects on the environment.

We are hoping for intensive, productive and interactive weeks ahead and are looking forward to working with you within this course! 

RAVI KANT PATHAK, course coordinator

Description, course plan and schedule

In addition to lectures the course contains a literature report (and oral presentation), two extensive laboratory exercises with pre- and post-preparations. The lectures are a mixture of traditional and modified flipped class-room where student prepare and discuss course content.

The schedule for 2020:

An extended description of the course is found in the course syllabus: course plan (Swedish)         (English)

**New info** You will find all files of importance to this course under the page (files). The stucture is that there are folders for "General", "Lectures", "Laborations", "seminars" and "teaching assignment" providing various guidelines, instructions, course requirements, reading list, presentation etc. These folders will be continiously filled with more material as we progress into the course. 

Registration and roll-call

The roll-call will take place on the first lecture: 3/11/2020 at 9.00  online through zoom web platform. Link will be posted in announcements.

The self-registration will open on Ladok at the student portal one week prior to course start. When you are registerred ypu will be able to reach the announcement page and the zoom-link.If you have problems registering yourself,  contact svlkemi@cmb.gu.se.

Literature:

The course will be given in English and is based on the new textbook for the course: "ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS: From Air Pollution to Climate Change", OBS! Third Edition! by John H. Seinfeld and Spyros N. Pandis,John Wiley & Sons Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA [2016], ISBN: 9781118947401 (Cloth); ISBN: 9781119221166 (Pdf) ISBN: 9781119221173 (epub).

The book is rather expensive so the book shops do not normally take in the book in advance. However, the book is essential for the course and you must make sure to get one in advance. You may order it via Cremona book shop at Chalmers tel. 031/772 3945. There are other suppliers and you may search the internet to compare prices. e.g. http://se.pricerunner.com/books/ . You will need the book at the start of the course.

Contact:

Registration and administrative questions:

Hannah Ahlborg
Studies administrator for chemistry, studieadmkemi@cmb.gu.se

Per Martin Björemark
Study counselor, chemistry, svlkemi@cmb.gu.se

Course specific questions.

RAVI KANT PATHAK (ravikant@chem.gu.se) or ravikantpathak@gmail.com