The online lecture notes are the latest version of the notes I use in class, and are intended to allow you to spend less time scribbling during lecture and more time participating. These notes are written for my use, and may or may not follow your text book, may or may not use the same notation, may or may not list the same value for a specific equilibrium constant. The notes may not be inclusive of the material I cover in class, and may also cover material that is not presented in class. The notes do not represent required material, and your are not responsible for remembering everything in them for the exams. For the exams, however, you are responsible for the material I actually do present in class. I have attempted to edit the text for readability, but if you do not understand the way I have worded something, I will not use class time to clarify them - again, they are written for my use, and I offer them here only to help you review a concept you may have missed in class, and to perhaps offer a slightly different viewpoint from your text book.
The notes are divided into major topic areas, are listed in the order they are presented in class, and will cover anywhere from 2-6 lectures. If a topic header is not showing a hyperlink, those notes are not available. Some of the files contain scanned figures, and may be quite large. I will try to show the approximate file size and/or the 28.8 kps download time so you can skip a file that is too large to view over a modem. Whenever possible I have included links to interesting sites that offer an expansion or visualization of a particular topic. If you find some on your own, let me know about them so I can update the notes.
In addition to the HTML documents that can be viewed online, I have tried to include links to a PDF version as well. The PDF document is pretty much exactly like my own notes, and can be easily printed, while the HTML can get pretty strange looking depending on the size of your window. The PDF version does not have any links in it, however, so I am loading both.
DISCLAMER: The written
material included in these lecture notes is not presented as my authored original work,
and may contain words, phrases, or entire sections from the following references:
Snoeyink, V.L. and Jenkins, D. Water Chemistry. New York,
John Wiley
Drever, J.I., (1989) The Geochemistry of Natural Waters.2nd Ed.. :
Prentice-Hall,
Stumm, W and Morgan, J. (1994) Aquatic Chemistry 3rd Ed., New York:
Wiley Interscience
Garrels and Christ (1965) Solutions, Minerals, and Equilibria. Freeman Cooper, and
Co.
Hem J.D. (1970) Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Characteristics of Natural
Waters, 2nd Ed. USGS Water
Supply Paper 1473. : US Government Printing Office.
Nordstrom D.K. and Munoz J.L. (1995) Geochemical Thermodynamics 2nd Ed..
: Benjamin / Cummings
Smith E.B. (1977) Basic Chemical Thermodynamics, 3rd Ed.. : Clarendon
Press.
1. Introduction (25 seconds)
2. Geochemical Kinetics
3. Thermodynamics
4. Acid-Base Chemistry
5. Carbonate System
6. Coordination Chemistry
7. Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation
8. Silicate Weathering
9. Redox Chemistry
10. Evaporation and Saline Waters
11. Solute Transport