COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEN 1031 MARINE CHEMISTRY COMPULSORY 2 1 0 4

Offered By

Marine Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LÜTFI TOLGA GÖNÜL

Offered to

Marine Engineering

Course Objective

To teach about maritime chemistry and topics related to it

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge of maritime chemistry and topics related to it
2   Knowledge about basic concepts and basic laws, gases, liquids and solids.
3   Comprehension on heat energy in chemical reactions, rate of reactions.
4   Corrosion and corrosion control, sea paints.
5   Evaluation of pollutants in marine environment.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and basic laws, matter and measurement
2 Structure of atom and periodic table
3 Gases, liquids and solids
4 Stochiometric calculations
5 Chemical bonds
6 Solutions
7 Heat energy, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, electrochemistry
8 Midterm exam
9 Rate of reactions, equilibrium, acids and bases
10 Physical and chemical properties of seawater
11 Corrosion and corrosion control, sea paints
12 Fuel and oil chemistry, fuel and oil types and properties
13 Pollution from ship, hazardous substances, radioactivity
14 Presentation of homework

Recomended or Required Reading

D.F. Martin, Marine Chemistry, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1970, 451p.
R. Chester, Marine Geochemistry, Chapman&Hall. 1993, 698p.
R.B. Clark, Marine pollution, Clarendon Press, 1997, 161p.
M.E.Q. Pilson, An introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, 1998, 431p.
U. Förstner and G.T.W. Wittmann, Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment, Springer-Verlag, 1983, 486p.
B.B. Jorgensen and K. Richardson, Eutrophication in Coastal Marine Ecosystems, American Jeophysical Union, Washington DC, 1996, 273.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PAR PARTICIPATION
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.1555
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.555