Environmental Soil Chemistry

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: CEE 581. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Introduction to the principles of soil chemistry. Topics covered include chemical composition of soils, chemical structure of minerals and soil organic matter, soil colloidal phenomena, sorption, ion-exchange, surface complexation theory, reactivity of soil constituents with inorganic and organic environmental contaminants. Emphasis on the relationship between chemical structure and reactivity.