2024
Chemistry and Biochemistry of Aquatic Systems
Name: Chemistry and Biochemistry of Aquatic Systems
Code: ERU14243O
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Engenharia Química
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
Optional
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It aims to ensure a general knowledge of chemical and biochemical fundamentals of aquatic systems.
Contents
1. Water composition and properties.
2. Fundamentals of phisico-chemical processes: gas dissolution, hydrolysis, acid-base equilibria, redox, precipitation, complex formation, photochemical processes.
3. Bioindicators and aquatic toxicology.
4. Simulation of aquatic systems
2. Fundamentals of phisico-chemical processes: gas dissolution, hydrolysis, acid-base equilibria, redox, precipitation, complex formation, photochemical processes.
3. Bioindicators and aquatic toxicology.
4. Simulation of aquatic systems
Teaching Methods
Theoretical/practical lectures with the resolution of practical application problems in each subject. Evaluation based in theoretical/practical written tests (50%) and practical works (50%).
