Course Identification

Environmental geochemistry
20222102

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Ishai Dror
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Course Schedule and Location

2022
Second Semester
Sunday, 09:15 - 11:00, Sussman, Magaritz Rm
27/03/2022
19/08/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points
Life Sciences: 3.00 points

Comments

(1) The courses that are attended by less than 4 students will be cancelled
(2) Cluster - Geochemistry

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

15

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

40%
30%
30%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

  1. Introduction: the subsurface environment: Solid phase; Liquid phase; Aquifers; Geochemical environments
  2. Properties of potential contaminants: Organic anthropogenic compounds; Inorganic pollutants
  3. Selected geochemical processes: Thermodynamics and equilibrium; WeatheringAdsorption
  4. Partitioning: Sorption, retention and release of contaminants Partitioning in the aqueous phase Volatile compounds
  5. Chemical transformations: hydrolysis and other reactions involving other nucleophilic species
  6. Redox reactions
  7. Groundwater contamination: case study
  8. Remediation technologies for contaminated groundwater
  9. Case studies (If time allows)

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of the main processes governing the transport and transformation of chemical contaminants (natural and anthropogenic) in the environment.
  2. Recognize the chemical-physical properties of the subsurface environment, and selected groups of contaminants.
  3. Determine the partitioning scheme of chemicals in the geosystem and sorption processes.
  4. Know major chemical transformations of selected chemical in the geosystem
  5. Consider and compare remediation technologies.

Reading List

Contaminant Geochemistry - interactions and transport in the subsurface environment/ B. Berkowitz, I. Dror and B. Yaron Springer 2008

Website

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