Course Information:

Instructor: Professor E. Psillakis (Faculty Member - EnvEng)

Textbooks (Eudoxus):

• Book [11387]: Υδατική χημεία, Νικολαΐδης Νικόλαος Π. 

Eclass:

•  Registration not required

Course contents:

• Global Biogeochemical Cycles
• Determination of natural water pH
• Carbon Equilibrium
• Chemical species in solution
• Regulating tension and neutralization ability
• Creation of natural waters composition
• Law of mass action-Determination of equilibrium constants
• Chemical activity and ionic strength
• Fate of metals in the environment
• Hydrolysis and metals complexation
• Inorganic compounds as substituents
• Competitive binding of substituents
• Interaction of aquatic solutions with sediments and soils
• Solubility and Absorption
• Effect of chemical species in the solubility
• Surface complexes formation
• Redox geochemistry
• Heterogeneous reactions and cycles
• Redox equilibrium
• Capacity and redox volumetric measurements (pH scale)
• Applications of environmental geochemistry.

Assessment and grading method:

• Final closed-book written exam, 100% of the grade

Last modification: 03-09-2018