May 28, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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ESS 434 - Environmental Soil Chemistry

3 Credit Hours
Composition and chemical properties of soils and processes that govern fate and behavior of chemicals in the soil environment. Topics include ― clay mineralogy; soil organic matter; mineral weathering and stability; aqueous speciation; surface chemistry, ion exchange, adsorption, and molecular retention; oxidation-reduction; and soil acidity, alkalinity, and salinity.

Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 112*  and CHEM 113*  or CHEM 260 .



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