Soils 397A - Chemistry in the Environment: Soil, Water, and Air

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Mailing Address:

Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences 116 ASI Building University Park, PA 16802-3504
Phone: +1-814-865-6541 Fax: +1-814-863-7043 David Sylvia, Department Head

Soils 397A - Chemistry in the Environment: Soil, Water, and Air

Instructor: Dr. Carmen Enid Martínez
Credits: 3
Semesters Offered: Spring
Texts: Environmental Chemistry, a Global Perspective, Gary W. vanLoon and Stephen J. Duffy, Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2005.
Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry
Syllabus: Link to PDF file.

Course Description

A global perspective to the chemical principles, composition, elemental fluxes, processes and reactions that operate within and between soil, water and air environments.

Topics:

Part I. Air Chemistry

Composition of the atmosphere
Chemistry of the gas phase and aerosol/particulate chemistry
The chemistry of acid rain, urban atmospheres, and global climate

Part II. Soil Chemistry

Soil solids, weathering and soil development
Cation, anion, and molecular retention
Soil redoxprocesses, acid and salt-affected soils

Part III. Water Chemistry

Chemical composition (solutes/particulates) of lake, river, and ocean waters
The carbonate system

CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES

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Mailing Address:

Soils 397A - Chemistry in the Environment: Soil, Water, and Air

Course Description

Topics:

Part I. Air Chemistry

Part II. Soil Chemistry

Part III. Water Chemistry