Aquatic Environmental Chemistry. 3 credits

Catalog description

Thermodynamic and kinetic processes regulating the chemistry of surface and groundwater in natural and polluted environments with particular emphasis in explaining the aqueous concentrations of chemical species and controlling geochemical factors in the hydrosphere. Structure, sources and transformations of organic matter in the aquatic environment and interactions with aqueous solutes will be covered as related to contemporary issues in water quality. Students will be assigned papers from the primary literature and be required to answer questions from these papers on exams. Offered by Chemistry . May not be repeated for credit.