Chemistry 471/671: Introduction to
Green Chemistry
Professor Timothy
Dransfield
Office: S-1-85
Phone: X-6143
Email: timothy.dransfield@umb.edu
Professor Jason
Evans
Office: S-1-84
Phone: X-6149
Email: jason.evans@umb.edu
Professor Wei
Zhang
Office: S-1-127
Phone: X-6147
Email: wei2.zhang@umb.edu
This page will become
the central location for reading assignments, problem sets and various course
updates. Much of the information presented within these pages uses the
PDF format. If you have trouble reading them, please download Adobe Acrobat
Reader by clicking here.
Course Syllabus and Grading Information
Information and Guidelines for Student Presentations
General Links:
Full text of the
Pollution Prevention Act
The
2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for Green Chemistry
The
2007 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Al Gore and the IPCC
Current Science, perhaps
inspiration for presentations?
Scientists "speechless" at speed of glacial melt
Time lapse photography of glacial retreat
Can nitrites in soil explain the tropospheric HONO surplus?
Chemical ozone destruction over the Arctic in early 2011 was — for the first time in the observation record — comparable to that in the Antarctic ozone hole.
Unit 1: Dransfield. Introduction and Air
Pollution
Figures for Upcoming
Lectures:
Week One, Lecture Two:
Atmospheric Structure
Week Two, Lecture One: Tropospheric
Reaction Pathways
Week Two, Lecture Two: Urban Smog
Week Three: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
(You don't need any figures ahead of time for the
second lecture)
Week Four: Global Climate Change
Week Four: Global Climate Change 2
Lecture Notes (in pdf
format):
Week One, Lecture One: Green
Chemistry Overview
Week
One, Lecture Two: Atmospheric Structure
Week Two, Lecture One:
Tropospheric Reaction Pathways
Week Two, Lecture Two: Urban Smog
Formation
Week Three: Stratospheric Ozone
Depletion
Week Three: Anthropogenic Halogen
Week Four: Global Climate Change
Week Four: Global Climate Change 2
Reading Assignments
(due Thursdays):
Week 1: The 2011 Green Chemistry Awards- note: you are only responsible for pages 1-7, the winners. The rest is
purely bonus material. Do NOT print all 64 pages unless you really want them!
Week
1: TPGS-750-M: A Second-Generation Amphiphile for Metal-Catalyzed
Cross-Couplings in Water at Room Temperature
Week 2: An overview of some
tropospheric pollution concerns
Week 3: Molina and Rowland
Week 3: Is the
ozone layer recovering?
Week 4: The 2007 IPCC Report
Week
4: The Northwest Passage becomes reality
Problem Sets (due
Tuesdays):
Problem Set 1 - due 9/13 Solution
Problem Set 2 - due 9/20 Solution
Problem Set 3 - due 9/27 Solution
Problem Set 4 - due 10/04 Solution
Unit 2: Evans. Alternative Energies
Lecture Notes (in pdf
format):
Week One: Biofuels
Week Two: Fuel Cell Technology, the Hydrogen Economy and Solar Energy
Week Three: Nuclear Energy, Wind and Others
Reading Assignments (due
Tuesdays):
Week 1:
Must reads (by Thursday October 5)
Patzek
on Corn Ethanol
Farrell
on Corn Ethanol
Sugar Cane as Biofuel
http://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/2008Ethanol_June_final.pdf
Additional articles if inteested
and ambitious
Patzek on Sugarcane
Supporting info for
Farrell article
Patzek; Bilking the tax
payer
Ethanol from
Municiple solid waste
Algea
Week 2:
Must read
Hydrogen Posture Plan Dec 06 (except) (by Tuesday October 13)
Proceedings of the IEEE 2006 (by Tuesday October 13)
Iceland Hotbed (for Thursday October 15)
Iceland Reality (for Thursday October 15)
Net Energy Analysis of Solar Cells
Solar Research
Week 3:
Generation IV nuclear plants presentation
An account of happened at Chernobyl in 1986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_accident
An account of what happen at 3 mile island in 1979 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_mile_island#Accident
Fusion
Problem Sets (due
Tuesdays):
Problem
Set 1 - due 10/20
Unit 4: Student
Presentations
Presentation Schedule