Kinetics and Surface Chemistry of Soils

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Policy for PLSC/CHEM 608

Environmental Soil Chemistry

Monday and Wednesdays, 3:35 – 4:50 pm
103 Fischer Greenhouse

I. Instructor: Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock Dupont Professor of Environmental Soil Chemistry, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry,and Marine Studies.

Telephone -Office:

831-6378 or 831-8153

FAX:

831-0605

e-mail:

dlsparks@udel.edu

Office:

153C Townsend Hall

Office Hours:

11:00- 12:00 pm M, W or by appointment

Laboratories:

101/104 Worrilow Hall

Secretary:

Kathy Fleischut,
152 Townsend Hall
831-6378

Assistant:

Amy Broadhurst,
153B Townsend Hall
831-8153

II. Teaching Assistants:

Jen Seiter

jseiter@udel.edu

831-3219

302 Farmhouse

Matt Ginder-Vogel

mattgv@udel.edu

831-0608

206 Farmhouse

Sanjai Parikh sjparikh@udel.edu 831-0608 206 Farmhouse
Brandon Lafferty bjl@udel.edu 831-3219 302 Farmhouse

III. Objectives:

A. To familiarize students with aspects of soil colloids and their equilibrium and kinetic reactions with nutrients, metals, and organic chemicals.

B. To understand fundamental soil chemical processes such as sorption/desorption, ion exchange, precipitation, dissolution, oxidation-reduction, polymerization, and hydrolysis.

C. To familiarize students with soil acidity and salinity.

IV. Course Format:
The student is responsible for assigned reading and lecture materials, and for assigned problem sets.

V. Reading Material:
The textbook for the course is Environmental Soil Chemistry, 2nd Edition (Academic Press, 2002, San Diego, CA) by D.L. Sparks.

VI. Grading System:

Mid-Term Examination 30%

Final Examination 35%

Problem Sets 35%

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VII. General Comments: You are encouraged to participate in class and to speak with or contact me or the teaching assistants at any time concerning questions about any portion of the course work or about other problems dealing with the course.

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