This subject contains a 4 day Compulsory Residential School.
This subject extends the concepts introduced in Chemical Fundamentals and applies them to environmental systems, emphasis will be given to aquatic systems. Topics include equilibria, energy transformations, redox processes, kinetics of chemical and microbiological processes, nutrients and nutrient cycling, colloids and ion exchange processes.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
Equilibrium in aquatic systems; Thermodynamic principles, energy transformations, heat in aquatic systems; Oxidation and reduction reactions, cell potentials, Nernst Equation, naturally occurring redox process and the pE concept; First and second order kinetic processes, half life, rate equations and their application to environmental systems; Oxygen in aquatic systems; Inorganic carbon transformations; Nutrients and nutrient cycling - nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and iron; Ion exchange processes in soil and water; Phase interactions in natural systems.
This subject contains a 4 day Compulsory Residential School.
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The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2019. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.