SUBJECT
Title
The chemistry of soils: fundamentals and case studies
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semesters 2-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
The objective of this course is to establish of knowledge on soil chemistry for master of science (MSc) students, as well as intensification of this knowledge by analyzing and discussing case studies involved soil chemical processes.
- Lecture 1: The solid phase of soils – mineral constituents
- Lecture 2: The solid phase of soils – organic matters
- Lecture 3: Liquid and gaseous phases of soils
- Lecture 4: Solubility equilibria
- Lecture 5: Redox reactions
- Lecture 6: Soil colloids – charge characteristics of soil constituents
- Lecture 7: Adsorption and ion exchange phenomena
- Lecture 8: pH of soils
- Lecture 9: Kinetics of soil processes
- Lecture 10: Case study 1
- Lecture 11: Case study 2
- Lecture 12: Case study 3
Readings
- Filep, Gy. 1999. Soil chemistry. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. ISBN 963 05 7455 1
- Manahan, SE. 2009. Environmental chemistry. CRC Press LCC, Boca Raton. ISBN 9781420059205.
- Sposito, G. 2008. The chemistry of soils. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-19-531369-7.
- Sparks, D.L. 2003. Environmental Soil Chemistry. Academic Press, London. ISBN 0-12-656446-9.