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B020936 - ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY
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Learning Objectives
Course Content
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Type of Assessment
Course program
Suggested readings
Further information
Academic Year 2017-18
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Earth Sciences (DST)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
GEO/06 - MINERALOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
52
Teaching Term
26/02/2018 ⇒ 15/06/2018
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Learning Objectives
Knowledge of the environmental and health risks during the exposure of mineral
dusts. Minerals as resources for a global sustainable development.
Examples will deal with the environmental administration of the territory
dusts. Minerals as resources for a global sustainable development.
Examples will deal with the environmental administration of the territory
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Threats to public health and environment correlated to the exposure to minerals.
Suspended urban dusts. Fibrous minerals and asbestos. Crystalline silica.
Nanominerals, health, environmental, and global perspectives.
Minerals as resources: examples in solar cell production, nuclear waste disposal
and drug delivery.
Suspended urban dusts. Fibrous minerals and asbestos. Crystalline silica.
Nanominerals, health, environmental, and global perspectives.
Minerals as resources: examples in solar cell production, nuclear waste disposal
and drug delivery.
Prerequisites
Knowledge achieved in the courses of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics,
Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography
Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography
Teaching Methods
Contact class with use of blackboard, video-projector for computer, overhead
projector.
Laboratory exercises at research facilities
Practical exercises at teaching laboratories
projector.
Laboratory exercises at research facilities
Practical exercises at teaching laboratories
Type of Assessment
Oral examination with eventual discussion of a scientific article assigned by the
teacher or the draft of a short individual survey
teacher or the draft of a short individual survey
Course program
Introduction to the suspended dusts. Definitions, medical and loyal perspectives.
Sampling and analytical procedures. Statistical methods applicable to study
suspended dusts (brief introduction).
Exposure to minerals: health risks (1): asbestos and fibrous minerals. Classification
of asbestos minerals. Analytical procedures. Interaction with human body.
Exposure to minerals: health risks (2): crystalline silica. Classification of silica group
minerals. Analytical procedures. Interaction with human body.
Exposure to minerals: health risks (3): suspended urban dusts. Analytical procedures. Interaction with human body.
Nanominerals. Definition and risks after exposure.
Limits of the georesources.
Social and environmental impact of the georesources. Thermodynamic concepts.
The peak of an ore resource. The energy apportionment crisis.
Minerals as resources: technological applications of a mineral. Minerals and energy:
the thin film strategy.
Sampling and analytical procedures. Statistical methods applicable to study
suspended dusts (brief introduction).
Exposure to minerals: health risks (1): asbestos and fibrous minerals. Classification
of asbestos minerals. Analytical procedures. Interaction with human body.
Exposure to minerals: health risks (2): crystalline silica. Classification of silica group
minerals. Analytical procedures. Interaction with human body.
Exposure to minerals: health risks (3): suspended urban dusts. Analytical procedures. Interaction with human body.
Nanominerals. Definition and risks after exposure.
Limits of the georesources.
Social and environmental impact of the georesources. Thermodynamic concepts.
The peak of an ore resource. The energy apportionment crisis.
Minerals as resources: technological applications of a mineral. Minerals and energy:
the thin film strategy.
Suggested readings
Mineralogia / Cornelis Klein. Bologna : Zanichelli, 2004
Philippe Bihouix, Benoit de Guillebon. Quel futur pour le metaux? EDP Sciences,
2010
Philippe Bihouix, Benoit de Guillebon. Quel futur pour le metaux? EDP Sciences,
2010
Further information
6 CFU, frequency of lessons is highly recommended, but not mandatory.