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Physico-chemical methodologies for the environment

Teaching Staff

GIUSEPPE STELLA - Module FISICA APPLICATA ALL'AMBIENTE - FIS/07 - 6 CFU
CRISTINA ABBATE - Module Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry - AGR/13 - 8 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry
  

  Include the basic chemical notions necessary to increase the readers’ understanding of soil-plant systems. Given this knowledge, the technologist will have evaluation criteria for use in managing the soil and its vegetation and to decide on the future use of areas which are marginally or totally at risk.

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Detailed Course Content

• Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry
  

  Elementary substances (oxides, hydroxides, acids, salts); equilibria in solution; pH; buffer solutions; chemical bonds; oxidation numbers; oxide-reduction reactions; main functional groups of organic compounds; sugars, fats and proteins.

  Chemical physical and biological properties of soils; primary metabolism of plants; cycle of the main nutrients in the soil-plant system.

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Textbook Information

• Principles of chemistry and agrochemistry
  

  1. P. Sequi. Fondamenti di chimica del suolo. Pàtron Editore.

  2. P. Violante. Chimica del suolo e della nutrizione delle piante. Edagricole.

  3. M. Bosetto, I. Lozzi. Elementi di biochimica agraria. Aracne.

  4. Electronic supports supplied by the teacher; scientific articles from national and international journals and teacher lecture notes.

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