Course detail
Biogeochemical interfaces
FCH-MA_ENG13Acad. year: 2020/2021
Colloidal and interface systems, weak interactions: principles and relevance in natural systems, water: properties, function of water in biogeochemical systems, biopolymers: production, properties and function, biogeochemical interfaces: soil organic matter, minerals and organisms, soil pore, sediments, biofilms, carbon dynamics and stabilization mechanisms in soils, process in aquatic systems, dissolved organic matter: properties, function and current models, natural and engineered particles, physicochemical environmental processes and interfaces: sorption, pollutant mobilization, colloid-facilitated pollutant transport, wetting, capillarity and environmental processes, interactions between biology and chemistry: interactions in natural systems, swelling, diffusion, precipitation, abiogenesis: current theories and concepts, implications.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Understanding the intense interactions between physics, chemistry and biology
Analysis of interfacial processes
Geochemical cycles of C in soil
Principles of abiogenesis
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Course curriculum
2) Weak interactions: principles and relevance in natural systems
3) Water: properties, anomalies,
4) Function of water in biogeochemical systems, hydration
5) Biopolymers: production, properties and function
6) Biogeochemical interfaces: soil organic matter, minerals and organisms,
7) Soil pore, sediments, biofilms
8) Carbon dynamics and stabilization mechanisms in soils
9) Process in aquatic systems
10) Dissolved organic matter: properties, function and current models, natural and engineered particles
11) Physicochemical environmental processes and interfaces: sorption, pollutant mobilization, colloid-facilitated pollutant transport, wetting, capillarity and environmental processes
12) Interactions between biology and chemistry: interactions in natural systems, swelling, diffusion, precipitation
13) Abiogenesis: current theories and concepts, implications.
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Israelachvili, J.N. (2011): Intermolecular and surface forces, Elsevier, Amsterdam (EN)
Recommended literature
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
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