TECNOLOGIE CHIMICHE INDUSTRIALI ED AMBIENTALI

The course aims to provide knowledge of the main problems connected with industrial technologies and the environment. At the end of the course the student will acquire skills regarding sustainable technologies for the environment and possibly to suggest environmental protection.

Classes

Introduction to industrial and environmental issues. Relationship between chemistry, technology and society.

Interactions electromagnetic waves-matter. Origin of emission and absorption. Radiative and non-radiative de-excitation. Greenhouse hydrocarbons. Toxic organic molecules. PBC, IPA, DDT. Biomagnification and definition of lethal dose, LD50.

Inorganic compounds and environmental impact. Heavy metals and environmental pollution. Heavy metal toxicity. Mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic

Civil protection and chemical risk. - General information, reactive chemicals, decomposition, polymerization. Reaction with water, oxygen or other chemical products

Stability of chemical systems. Generality. Fugitive reactions. Explosive substances. Fire. Criteria for predicting the level of risk of substances.

Harmfulness of chemicals. General information NBC risk. Classification of products dangerous to health.

"Green Chemistry": definition, historical outline. The principles of green chemistry.

Discussion of some cases. Seveso, Bhopal, Minamata

Colin Baird, “ Chimica Ambientale”, Zanichelli.

Concepcion Jimenez-Gonzales and David J.C. Constable, “Green Chemistry and Engineering”, Wiley