Week of

Lecture Slides

Readings

Assignment

Jan. 06

1. Introduction to and Modeling in Aquatic Chemistry

Werner Stumm (Memorial tributes by James Morgan)

How water's properties are encoded in its molecular structure and

energies

Jan. 13

2. Computer-aided Solution to Chemical Equilibrium Problems

Any textbook on chemical thermodynamics and kinetics

Handout #1. Thermodynamic properties for common chemical species in aquatic systems (Stumm and Morgan, 1996)

MINEQL+ 5.0 Free Download

MINEQL+ 5.0 Home Page and Tutorial

 Assignment 1

Jan. 20

3. pH: Acid-Base Reactions

pH & related terms from IUPAC

Jan. 27

Review & Work on Assignment #1

Feb. 03

4. Ligands: Complexation Reactions

Assignment 1 is due

Feb. 10

5. pe: Redox Reactions

Assignment 2

Feb. 17

Reading Week; NO CLASS!

Feb. 24

6. hv: Photochemical Reactions

Mar. 03

7. Life: biologically Mediated Reactions

Mar. 10

Review & Work on Assignment #2

Assignment 2 is due

Mar. 17

8. Air-Water Interface

Assignment 3

Mar. 24

9. Water-Particle Interface (I)

Mar. 31

10. Water-Particle Interface (II)

Apr. 07

11. Putting it All Together: Where to Go Next

Assignment 3 is due

Apr. ??

Final Exam