Date Topic Text Sections (Problems) 8/23 Photochemical Smog B: 85-101,130-147 (1,2,3) 8/28 Oxidant Formation in the Troposphere P: Chap 10 8/30 Chemistry of the Ozone Layer B: Chapter 2 9/4 Chemistry of the Ozone Layer B: Chapter 2 (1,2,4,11) 9/6 Lab Studies of Heterogeneous Chemistry in the Stratosphere P: Chapter 14 Stratospheric Aerosols and the Impact on Strat Chemistry P: Chapter 15 9/11 Stratospheric Chemistry: Perspectives in Env Chem P: Chapter 13 9/13 The Solid-Water Interface in Natural Systems P: Chapter 1 9/18 Acid Rain B: 101-112, 150-154 9/20 Tropospheric Aerosols and Role in Atmospheric Chemistry P: Chapter 11 9/25 Atmosphere-Water-Rock Interactions in Alpine Lakes P: Chapter 19 9/27 The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming B: Chapter 4 10/2 Why Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Burning Won't Go Away P: Chapter 12 10/4 Metal-Phytoplankton Interactions in Marine Systems P: Chapter 18 10/9 Midterm Exam 10/11 Toxic Heavy Metals B: Chapter 7 10/18 Environmental Chemistry of Metals P: Chapter 31 10/23 Passive Bioremediation of Metals P: Chapter 20 10/25 Toxic Organic Chemicals B: Chapter 6 10/30 Toxic Organic Chemicals B: Chapter 6 11/1 Photolysis of Organics in the Environment P: Chapter 8 11/6 Metal-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Organics in Aquatic Env. P: Chapter 4 11/8 An Overview of Environmental Colloids P: Chapter 2 11/13 The Chemistry & Geochemistry of Natural Organic Matter P: Chapter 5 11/15 The Chemistry of Natural Waters B: Chapter 8 11/20 Assessing the Dynamics of Org Contaminants in Nat Waters P: Chapter 6 11/27 Microbiologically Mediated Reactions in Aquatic Systems P: Chapter 9 11/29 The Purification of Polluted Water B: Chapter 9 12/4 Review