PREV

• Week 1: Time table
• Week 1: Introduction to course and course contents
• Week 2: Introduction to chemical properties of soils
• Week 3: Introduction to soil chemistry
• Week 4: Silicate clay minerals: Structures and properties
• Week 5: Allophanes and sesquioxides
• Week 6: Soil colloids: Inorganic
• Week 7: Soil colloids: organic
• Week 8: Charge characteristics of colloids: Sources and significance
• Week 9: Cation exchange and its significance
• Week 10: Zero point of charge
• Week 11: DDL theory: Assumptions and properties
• Week 12: Anion exchange and its significance
• Week 13: Soil pH: Description and significance
• Week 14: Basic cation saturation percentage: Description and significance; Buffering capacity of soils and significance
• Week 15: Exchange equations: Limitations and assumptions
• Week 16: Sorption in soil