Instructor(s): Richard Kettler
Number of Credit Hours: 3
Cross-listings: GEOL 418, NRES 419, WATS 418
Prerequisites:CHEM 109 or 109A/L and 110 or 110A/L, 113 or 113A/L and 114, or CHEM 111.
Description: Principles of water chemistry and their use in precipitation, surface water, and groundwater studies. Groundwater applications used to determine the time and source of groundwater recharge, estimate groundwater residence time, identify aquifer mineralogy, examine the degree of mixing between waters of various sources and evaluate what types of biological and chemical processes have occurred during the water's journey through the aquifer system.
Learning Outcomes/Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to explain why water is an unusual solvent, calculate simple solution compositions, construct graphical representations of fluid-mineral equilibria, balance any redox reaction, evaluate the variables that control reactions in aqueous systems, and apply chemical principles to systems involving minerals and aqueous solutions.