Subject Code: ES6L209 Subject Name: Organic Environmental Geochemistry L-T-P: 2-0-2 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite: None
Introduction, production, preservation and degradation of organic matter in different environments; Determination of soil organic carbon concentrations; Chemical composition and different organic compound classes; Extraction and fractitation of Humic acid; Fulvic acid and Humin. Surface charge density; Electrostatic model; Metal adsorption; Redox potentials; Redox reactions; Photo-induced electron transfer reactions. Mobilization and immobilization of elements; Detoxification of pollutants.

Text/Reference Books
  1. Rene P. Schwarzenbach, Philip M. Gschwend, Dieter M. Imboden, Environmental Organic Chemistry, Wiley-Interscience.
  2. Richard A. Larson , Eric J. Weber, Reaction Mechanisms in Environmental Organic Chemistry, CRC Press.
  3. Richard A. Larson , Eric J. Weber, Reaction Mechanisms in Environmental Organic Chemistry, CRC Press.