Fate and Transport of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Environment

ENV HLT C264 - Fate and Transport of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Environment

<p>Lecture, four hours. Recommended requisites: Chemistry 14A and 14B, or 20A and 20B. Evaluation of how and where and in what form and concentration organic pollutants are distributed in aquatic environments. Study of mass transport mechanisms moving organic chemicals between phases, biological degradation and accumulation, and chemical reactions. Effect of humic substances on these processes. Concurrently scheduled with course C264. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Environmental Health Sciences

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Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

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General Catalog

Fate and Transport of Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Environment

ENV HLT C164

4 units