COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE CHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 1105 MARINE CHEMISTRY COMPULSORY 1 1 0 2

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR LÜTFI TOLGA GÖNÜL

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Course Objective

1. To teach about basic concepts and basic laws,
2. To teach about maritime chemistry and topics related to it.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know about basic concepts and basic laws in chemistry,
2   To know about reactions, solutions, acids and bases,
3   To know about properties of sea water and corrosion,
4   To know about sea paint, fuel and oil chemistry,
5   To know about hazardous substances and sea pollution.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of marine chemistry, Water and seawater, Physical variables, constituents of seawater
2 Dissolved gasses in seawater, Acid-base balance (Major gasses in seawater, Nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide, Distribution of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the ocean, Forms of carbon dioxide, carbondioxide-carbonate system, Alkalinity)
3 Nutrients and primary production (Macronutrients, micronutrients, sources of nutrients and distribution of nutrients, Phosphorus, Nitrogen, Silicon and other nutrients)
4 Eutrophication and food chain, Comparison of seawater with other natural waters (Limiting of nutrients, Redfield ratio, Eutrophication, Rain water, river water, seawater, Origin of the chloride in the seawater)
5 Research vessel K. Piri Reis and marine chemistry lab visit
6 Marine pollution (Definition of marine pollution, categories of additions, Sources of inputs, pathways of pollutants in the marine environment, Classification of pollutants)
7 Heavy metals (Sources of heavy metals, input routes, Uptake of metals, bioaccumulation, Mercury, cadmium, copper, Lead, tin, iron, Arsenic, silver, nickel)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Corrosion, Organic contaminants (Definition of corrosion, Effects of corrosion, Corrosion prevention, Classification of organic contaminants, Inputs to the marine environment, Halogenated hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs)
10 Oil pollution (Inputs to the marine environment, What is oil , Oil pollution, fate and impacts, molecular indices, The states of petroleum in the marine environment)
11 Oil pollution (Effects of petroleum to living marine sources, Pollutants from ship activities, Oil spill, tanker accidents, Methods of cleaning, Other organic pollutants)
12 Sea paints, Monitoring/Biomonitoring, Thermal pollution (Bioindicators, Important sources of thermal pollution, impacts, Causes of thermal pollution, Control of thermal pollution)
13 Other pollutants, Radioactive pollution (Dredgings, Fly ash, Artificial reefs, Litter and plastics pollution, Definition of radiation, radioactivity, Units of radioactivity, Types of decay, half life, Radioactive pollution sources of radioactivity, Impacts of radioactivity)
14 Hazardous substances, Presentation of assignments
15 Presentation of assignments
16 Final Exam

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

Literature review , Solving problems , Presentation and discussion , Assignments , Case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In relation to maritime chemistry topics at undergraduate level , skills and competencies in having knowledge , research, interpretation, verbal and written expression, solving problems will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The minimum rate of attendance for the course is 70 per cent.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assosc. Prof. Dr. Lütfi Tolga Gönül
tolga.gonul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Preparation for midterm exam 2 1 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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