Modified: 2/9/98

Syllabus: Soil Science 321

Textbook:

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Hour Exam #1 Hour Exam #2 Final Exam

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    19 Jan., Martin Luther King Day (no class)

    21 Jan., Orientation (Helmke & Bleam)

    26 Jan., Helmke: Soil elemental abundance & basic nuclear chemistry

    28 Jan., Helmke: Formation of elements & their distribution

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    2 Feb., Bleam: mineral chemical composition & its significance

    4 Feb., Bleam: classes of soil minerals

    9 Feb., Bleam: mineral weathering & incongruent dissolution

    11 Feb., Bleam: Pauling's Rules

    16 Feb., Bleam: trace element substitutions in abundant minerals

    18 Feb., Bleam: clay mineral structures

    23 Feb., Bleam: clay hydration & swelling

    25 Feb., Bleam: humic chemical composition & its significance

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    2 Mar., Bleam: macromolecular & colloidal behavior of humic substances

    4 Mar., (Wed.) Take-Home Exam #1 (Due 5:00 p.m., Fri., Mar. 6)

    9 Mar., Spring Break (no class)

    11 Mar., Spring Break (no class)

    16 Mar., Bleam: sorption of organics & metal complexation by humic substances

    18 Mar., Bleam: adsorption at the oxide/water interface

    23 Mar., Helmke: ionic strength

    25 Mar., Helmke: thermodynamics & principles of equilibrium

    30 Mar., Helmke: acid-base equilibria in soils

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    1 Apr., Helmke: ion pairs, chelates & formation of complex ions

    6 Apr., Helmke: reduction & oxidation reactions in soils

    8 Apr., Helmke: Eh-pH diagrams

    13 Apr., (Mon.) Hour Exam #2: adsorption, ion exchange, chemical equilibria in soils

    15 Apr., Helmke: properties of major nutrient elements in soils

    20 Apr., Helmke: trace nutrient elements

    22 Apr., Helmke: potentially toxic elements

    27 Apr., Bleam: case studies of mercury, lead & chromium

    29 Apr., Bleam: classes of organic contaminants & their properties

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    4 May, Bleam: sorption & partitioning by humic macromolecules

    6 May, Bleam: microbial degradation & biological availability

    14 May (Thu.) Final Exam: behavior of inorganic & organic contaminants in soils

    Exam Time = 2:45 pm & Exam Location = to be announced later