PSC6050
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PSC6050 - Principles of Environmental Soil Chemistry - 3 - Credits
Plants, Soils and ClimateCollege of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Course Learning Outcomes
1. learn the properties of soil gases, solutions and solids including how primary and secondary silicate clay minerals form and weather, and how soil organic matter is characterized in soils
2. apply basic chemical bonding principles to predict mineral weathering and chemical reactions
3. use thermodynamic principles to predict what reactions occur in soils and why
4. apply basic principles to predict and manage how substances partition between soil gas, liquid and solid phases