Dept. of Civil Engineering course

This advanced course in aquatic chemistry covers chemical thermodynamics; acids and bases, activity, pH equilibria of weak acid base systems, titration of acids and bases, reference species; alkalinity acidity and pH, buffering intensity, detailed treatment of the carbonate system; precipitation and dissolution, mixed weak acid systems; application to pH control in anaerobic digester; the nitrogen and sulphur systems; redox equilibrium systems; Pourbaix (pe-pH) diagrams; kinetics of redox reactions.