Bachelor's Degree in Land and landscape planning and protection
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 1° Year
Physico-chemical methodologies for the environment
Teaching Staff
GIUSEPPE STELLA - Module FISICA APPLICATA ALL'AMBIENTE - FIS/07 - 6 CFUOffice: Cittadella Universitaria - Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia E. Majorana - Edificio 6 - studio T07 - Via Santa Sofia 64 - 95123 Catania
Phone: 095 378 5296
Office Hours: Martedì dalle 11.00 alle 13.00 e il giovedì dalle 16.00 alle 18.00; si consiglia comunque di contattare il docente in anticipo per verificare che impegni istituzionali o personali non lo costringano a spostare il ricevimento di un giorno specifico
Office: Polo Bioscientifico, Via Santa Sofia 98, Catania
Phone: 0957580221
Office Hours: su appuntamento, lunedì e mercoledì dalle 10:00 alle 11:00, e tramite piattaforma MicrosoftOffice Teams (codice cx8sv3f)
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.
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.
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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