Academic Catalog

CHEM517 COLLOID&SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF SOIL

Course Code: 2340517
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Chemistry
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ÞAHÝNDE DEMÝRCÝ
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Disperse systems, their description and basic mechanical behavior, soil minerals, basic silicate structures and clay minerals, clay suspensions: electrical double layer theories, solid-liquid, solid-gas, solid-solid interfaces. Chemical soil stabilization. Laboratory work consist of related experiments.