Week 3: Introduction to soil chemistry
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Course Material
- 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
- Chapters 17
- Department Soil and Environmental Sciences
- Teacher
Dr. Mukkram Ali Tahir
