| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Applied and Computer Physics, Meteorology, Theoretical and Experimental Physics, General Physics | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | Applied Physics | |||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate Studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Environmental Physics | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Dragoljub Belic | |||||||||
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| ECTS | 3 | Status (required/elective) | elective | |||||||
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| Aims of the course | To introduce students to the problems of environmental pollution and to emphasize the role of physics in pollution measurement and ways and methods to solve accumulated ecological problems. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Adoption of basic concepts and definitions in the field of environment. Getting acquainted with the physical methods and procedures used to identify and determine the concentration of certain pollutants in the air and water. An overview of the methods and procedures used to purify contaminated waste gases and water. Getting to know the problems of heat load of the environment and the impact of traffic on the state of the environment. Getting to know potential sources of clean energy in the future. The role and fusion energy mastering. Getting to know the global effects of pollution of the Earth's atmosphere. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Biosphere and ecology, problems of pollution. Information systems in the area of protection and improvement of the environment. Criteria and measures for protection and quality of the environment. Causes of pollution and systematization of the origin of pollutants. Pollution of water. Water protection, purification procedures. New trends in water pollution protection. Modern methods for testing air pollution. Chemical and physical-chemical methods of purifying the air. Physical methods for purification of contaminated waste gases. Global effects: greenhouse effect, acid rain, ozone holes. Improper land use. Use of natural raw materials and environmental degradation. Spatial planning and urban planning. Environment load from energy activities. Nuclear plants and the environment. Methods of analysis of the exhaust gases of motor vehicles. Tendencies of future development of motor vehicles. Noise as a specific form of pollution. Noise protection. Pollution pollution and pollution calculations. Aerospace and corrosion, protection of material goods. Bezstoppne tehnologije. Recycling, a model for the exploitation of energy and raw materials. Problems of heat load of the environment. Energy sources of the future. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | Practical classes take place in two forms. One is making seminars of choice and interest of students on 25 given topics and the other is practical introduction to devices used to detect air pollutants and measure their concentration in laboratory hops, as well as visits to institutions that deal with this problem professionally. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | Physics and ecology, university textbook, D. S. Belić, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Studio plus, Belgrade, 1992. | |||||||||
| 2 | Environmental protection agency: www.epa.gov | |||||||||
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| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures (Theoretical processing of thematic units, practical examples, demonstrations), seminars and discussions, experimental exercises. | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 15 | written examination | 20 | |||||||
| practicals | 20 | oral examination | 30 | |||||||
| papers | 15 | |||||||||
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