Syllabus
Hydrologic cycle, types of water, dissolved and suspended compounds, physical and chemical parameters of water (Eh, pH, conductivity), concentration units, ion balance, TDS-total dissolved salts, sampling and handling of water.
Activity, ionic strength, ion activity coefficients, Debye-Huckel equation, Davies equation, Pitzer equation.
Principles of thermochemistry, definition of equilibria, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, activity product and equilibrium constant (Keq), SI-saturation index, changes of Keq with pressure and temperature
Processes of solid-water interaction, dissolution, precipitation, hydration, hydrolysis, redox processes, sorption processes, dispersion and mixing
Carbonate chemistry, stability of carbonates, equilibrium constants for reactions in carbonate, carbonate dissolution as a function of P(CO2), pH and temperature, open and closed carbonate, alkalinity measurements and interpretation.
Weathering processes, silicate equilibria, stability diagrams of aluminosilicates, construction of activity diagrams, behaviour of Si in natural waters, stability of secondary products (Al a Fe oxyhydroxides, kaolinite), waters resulting from basalt-water and granite-water interactions, kinetics of silicate dissolution.
Adsorption processes, surface properties of sorbents, CEC, sorption isoterms (Langmuir, Freundlich, Kd), ion-exchange, surface complexation models, theory of electrical double layer (EDL), modelling the retardation of contaminants in landfill plumes, retardation.
Redox processes, measurements of Eh, pe, stability of water in Eh-pH, construction of Eh-pH diagrams, redox zoning in groundwater (landfills), geochemistry of iron.
Kinetics in natural systems, rates of dissolution, kinetics law, examples of geochemical interest.
Analytical methods in water analysis.
Computer modelling, PHREEQC-2, speciation, solubility, surface complexation, ion exchange
D. Langmuir (1997): Aqueous environmental geochemistry. Prentice Hall.
C.A.J. Appelo a D. Postma (1996): Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution. Balkema.
T.Pačes (1983): Základy geochemie vod. Academie Praha.
Annotation
Hydrologic cycle, types of water, dissolved and suspended compounds, physical and chemical parameters of water (Eh, pH, conductivity), concentration units, ion balance, TDS-total dissolved salts, sampling and handling of water.
Activity, ionic strength, ion activity coefficients, Debye-Huckel equation, Davies equation, Pitzer equation.
Principles of thermochemistry, definition of equilibria, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, activity product and equilibrium constant (Keq), SI-saturation index, changes of Keq with pressure and temperature
Processes of solid-water interaction, dissolution, precipitation, hydration, hydrolysis, redox processes, sorption processes, dispersion and mixing
Carbonate chemistry, stability of carbonates, equilibrium constants for reactions in carbonate, carbonate dissolution as a function of P(CO2), pH and temperature, open and closed carbonate, alkalinity measurements and interpretation.
Weathering processes, silicate equilibria, stability diagrams of aluminosilicates, construction of activity diagrams, behaviour of Si in natural waters, stability of secondary products (Al a Fe oxyhydroxides, kaolinite), waters resulting from basalt-water and granite-water interactions, kinetics of silicate dissolution.
Adsorption processes, surface properties of sorbents, CEC, sorption isoterms (Langmuir, Freundlich, Kd), ion-exchange, surface complexation models, theory of electrical double layer (EDL), modelling the retardation of contaminants in landfill plumes, retardation.
Redox processes, measurements of Eh, pe, stability of water in Eh-pH, construction of Eh-pH diagrams, redox zoning in groundwater (landfills), geochemistry of iron.
Kinetics in natural systems, rates of dissolution, kinetics law, examples of geochemical interest.
Analytical methods in water analysis.
Computer modelling, PHREEQC-2, speciation, solubility, surface complexation, ion exchange
D. Langmuir (1997): Aqueous environmental geochemistry. Prentice Hall.
C.A.J. Appelo a D. Postma (1996): Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution. Balkema.