X

Environmental Soil Chemistry

By Prof. Somsubhra Chakraborty   |   IIT Kharagpur
Learners enrolled: 945
This course will provide extensive discussions on the chemistry of inorganic and organic soil components, soil solution–solid phase equilibria, sorption phenomena, kinetics of soil chemical processes, redox reactions, soil pollution, pollutants-soil solution interactions, and analytical techniques for assessing soil pollution. Each topic will contain sample problems and explanations of parameters and terms. These should be very useful to students taking their first course in soil chemistry. This is a comprehensive and contemporary course for undergraduate students in soil science and for students and professionals in environmental chemistry and engineering, marine studies, and geochemistry.


INTENDED AUDIENCE :
Agriculture, Environmental science, Agricultural engineering
PREREQUISITES None
INDUSTRIES  SUPPORT     : 1. Soil testing services
2. Soil and environmental pollution consulting companies
3. Soil remote sensing solution services
4. Petroleum industries
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Agricultural and Food Engineering
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 26 Jul 2021
End Date : 15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends : 09 Aug 2021
Exam Date : 23 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


Page Visits



Course layout

Week 1:  Evolution of Soil Chemistry
Week 2:  Inorganic Soil Components
Week 3:  Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter
Week 4:  Soil Solution–Solid Phase Equilibria and Sorption in Soils
Week 5:  Ion Exchange Processes
Week 6:  Kinetics of Soil Chemical Processes
Week 7:  Redox Chemistry of Soils
Week 8:  The Soil Pollutants
Week 9:  Pollutants-Soil Solution Interactions
Week 10: Retention of Pollutants on and Within the Soil Solid Phase
Week 11: Modeling the Fate of Pollutants in the Soil, Risks and Remedies
Week 12: Analytical Techniques for Assessing Soil pollution

Books and references

1.Environmental soil chemistry, 2nd ed, D.L. Sparks
2. Soil Pollution: Processes and Dynamics by Yaron, Calvet and Prost.
3. Dragun, J. (1988). “The Soil Chemistry of Hazardous Materials.” Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute, Silver Spring, MD.

Instructor bio

Prof. Somsubhra Chakraborty

IIT Kharagpur
I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor (Soil Science) at the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. I was awarded various prestigious fellowships including the Australia Awards Fellowship from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I did my undergraduate and M.Sc degrees from BCKV and PAU in India and PhD degree in Agronomy (Soil Science emphasis) from Louisiana State University, USA. I started my career as a post-doctoral researcher at West Virginia University, USA. I joined IITKgp as faculty in 2016. I am passionate about the use of proximal and non-invasive sensors for soil management. I have around 50 international journal publications. I am currently serving as the member of the editorial board of Geoderma, the global journal of soil science.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 23 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


MHRD logo Swayam logo

DOWNLOAD APP

Goto google play store

FOLLOW US