Physico-chemical methodologies for the environment
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff
Taught classes: 80 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
- FISICA APPLICATA ALL'AMBIENTE: Marco Salvatore Mario La Cognata
- Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry: Cristina Abbate
Taught classes: 80 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Detailed Course Content
- Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry
Elementary substances (oxides, hydroxides, acids, salts); equilibria in solution; pH; buffer solutions; chemical bonds; oxidation numbers; oxide-reduction reactions; main functional groups of organic compounds; sugars, fats and proteins.
Chemical physical and biological properties of soils; primary metabolism of plants; cycle of the main nutrients in the soil-plant system.
Textbook Information
- Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry
1. P. Sequi. Fondamenti di chimica del suolo. Pàtron Editore.
2. P. Violante. Chimica del suolo e della nutrizione delle piante. Edagricole.
3. M. Bosetto, I. Lozzi. Elementi di biochimica agraria. Aracne.
4. Electronic supports supplied by the teacher; scientific articles from national and international journals and teacher lecture notes.