| Type: | Open University
Language: English |
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Previous course: 63235 og 63336
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No credit points with: 63235.63336
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Prerequisite: 63130
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Recommended semester: 5th - 9th semester
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Scope and form: Lectures, lab and computer exercises,tutorials and project work
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Examination: Compulsory coursework and written exam (13-scale)
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Participant limitation: max. 63
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| Contact person: | Kresten Ole Kusk, Building 113, Tel. +45 4525 1569, email kok@er.dtu.dk |
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Department: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
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Aim: To provide a general basic knowledge of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology as a fundamental basis for understanding chemical pollution problems. Tools for evaluation of environmental fate and effects of chemicals are introduced in the context of environmental management and risk assessment.
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Contents: The course mainly deals with environmental exposure and effect assessment of organic chemicals. Exposure and effect assessments are key elements in both Danish and EU classifications and risk assessments of chemicals. The exposure assessment covers the environmental chemical fate i.e. transport, degradation, intermedia transfer and partitioning of chemicals in different parts of the environment. Here processes like biodegradation,
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