Instructional Objectives for Topic 6: Sorption Phenomena on Soils - Prof. Matthew J. Eick, Study notes of Environmental Science

Download Instructional Objectives for Topic 6: Sorption Phenomena on Soils - Prof. Matthew J. Eick and more Study notes Environmental Science in PDF only on Docsity! Instructional Objectives for Topic 6 (Sorption Phenomena on Soils) After we conclude Topic 6 in the notes you should be able to do the following: 1. Distinguish between adsorbate, adsorptive, and adsorbent. 2. Explain in your own words adsorption, sorption, specific adsorption, inner-sphere complex, non-specific adsorption, and outer-sphere complex. 3. Distinguish between monodentate and bidentate; mononuclear and binuclear. 4. Describe the different functional groups found on inorganic and organic solids. 5. Explain the differences between adsorption and ion exchange. 6. List the characteristics of cation/anion adsorption. 7. Based on the acid-base properties and the coordination of the surface cation explain the reactivity of mineral surface functional groups. 8.. Based on the chemistry of metal cations/anions (i.e. electronegativity, electrostatics, shared charge, and hydrolysis constant) determine their affinity for a particular mineral surface. 9. Distinguish between metal cation/anion adsorption and desorption. 10. Distinguish between anion and cation adsorption. 11. List the factors that affect organic-metal complexation. 12. Explain in your own words the term ternary complex and provide examples of the different types. 13. Distinguish between heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation, precipitation and co-precipitation. 14. Identify examples of co-precipitation. 15. Identify different types of adsorption isotherms. 16. Given adsorption data (i.e. solution and sorbed concentrations) apply the Langmuir adsorption isotherm equation in both linear and non-linear forms and calculate an adsorption maximum.