SW4104 : Advanced Soil Chemistry

Department

Department of Soil and Water

Academic Program

Master in Soil Science

Type

Compulsory

Credits

04

Prerequisite

Overview

The advanced soil chemistry course is the main course for the student to know processes that control the chemical and mineral properties of the soil and cation exchange equations, as well as knowledge of the ion exchange mechanism and its effect on the chemical properties of the soil, knowledge of land reclamation methods and thermodynamic laws

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student will be able to:

A. Knowledge and Understanding

A.1. To recognize the images of the presence of elements in the solid phase

A.2. The student should understand the process of ion exchange between a solid surface and a liquid image or between a solid surface and another like it

A.3. The student should be fully familiar with the different methods of land reclamation

A.4. The student should identify the sources of acid rain

A.5. The student can understand the latent and anthropic heat of the products and reactions.

B. Mental skills

B.1. The student should understand the structural structure of clay material

B.2. The student should have the ability to distinguish between the speed of cation exchange with field conditions and laboratory conditions

B.3. The student should be familiar with the different types of marginal lands

B.4. The student should identify the effects of acid rain on soil and plants and identify chemical measures of water quality

B.5. The student should know how to obtain useful energy (work) from a particular system with each energy transfer.

C. Practical & Professional Skills

C.1. The student should be able to distinguish between the different types of clay minerals

C.2. The student should know the effect of the quantity and quality of the exchanged cations on the characteristics of the soil

C.3. The student should be able to make the necessary calculations to estimate the gypsum needs

C.4. The student should have knowledge about the factors on which the effect of acid rain and the effects of soil pollution on the environment and humans depend.

C.5. The student should be able to calculate energy efficiency when it is transformed from one image to another, absorbing Newtonian laws, thermodynamics and the movement of materials.

D. Generic and transferable skills

D.1. The student should be familiar with chemical and natural weathering factors and cation exchange equations (Elovich equation)

D.2. The student should identify the factors affecting the cationic exchange amplitude - the absorption and exchange of anions

D.3. To have experience on different methods of remediation of saline soils

D.4. The student should be familiar with information about how to manage soil and its frequency on the degree of interaction.

D.5. Judging the change in latent temperature (∆H), waste reaction or endothermic reaction.

Teaching and learning methods

1. Theoretical lectures

2. Discussion between students and faculty member

Methods of assessments

No	Evaluation methods	Evaluation Date	Percentage
1	written exam	after the sixth week	% 40
2	written exam	after the twelfth week	% 60
			% 100

Advanced Soil Chemistry (SW4104)
Advanced Soil Survey and Classification (SW4304)
Advanced Soil Fertility and Fertilization (SW4203)
Advanced Soil Microbiology (SW4404)
Advanced Soil Physics (SW4503)
Advanced Soil Minerals (SW4153)
Advanced Plant Nutrition (SW4253)
Advanced Soil and Water Conservation (SW4313)
Advanced Soil Biochemistry (SW4453)
Advanced Pollution of Agriculture Environment (SW4353)
Advanced Ecology of Soil Bacteria (SW4414)
Advanced Topics (SW4903)
Seminar (SW4971)
Advanced Remote Sensing (SW4973)
Thesis (SW4996)