Supervised experience in teaching - test preparation and evaluation of agriculture students.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours for MS students and maximum 4 hours for PhD students.

Other Instructors: Zhao, Yang | Mathew, Daniel J | Edwards, J. Lannett | Eckelkamp, Liz | Grant, Jerome F

Composition and chemical properties of soils and processes that govern fate and behavior of chemicals in the soil environment. Topics include - clay mineralogy; soil organic matter; mineral weathering and stability; aqueous speciation; surface chemistry, ion exchange, adsorption, and molecular retention; oxidation-reduction; and soil acidity, alkalinity, and salinity.

Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : CHEM 110 or CHEM 260.

Chemical properties and processes that operate in soil environment: thermodynamics of soil solutions and surface chemistry of soils, soluble complex formation, mineral solubility, electrochemical equilibria, geochemical modeling, ion exchange equilibria, surface functionality and reactivity, adsorption phenomena, and surface complexation modeling.
Recommended Background: Soil chemistry.

Presentations and discussion of current scientific material.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Biosystems Engineering major, Biosystems Engineering Technology major, or Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science major – minimum student level, graduate.

Other Instructors: Yoder, Daniel | Jagadamma, Sindhu