Applied Hydrogeochemistry

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0902/02
Abbreviation	HGF
Course title	Applied Hydrogeochemistry
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Mgr. Monika Ličbinská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Thermodynamic functions. Distance from equilibrium. Rate constants, theory of transient condition, influence of surface area and temperature, potential barrier, dynamic equilibrium. Saturation index. Activities and activity coefficients. Molar and weight fraction, mg/l, ppm, ppb, mol/l, ion power, equivalents. Graphs of stability in Si, Al, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb systems.
Forms of substances in natural water (true and colloidal solution, suspension, ions, complexes, ion pair and organic complexes).
Chemical and physical properties of water (structure, chemical fixation, partial charges, dissolving of solid and gas phases).
Carbonate system (basic components, distribution coefficients, closed and open system, acid-base reactions, buffering).
Acid-base reactions (dissociation of water, pH, mass balance, condition of electroneutrality, proton condition, acidity and alkalinity, methods of measurement).
Oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions (electrochemical potential, Nernst formula, redox potential, mixed potential, activity of electrons, electrodes, Eh/pH diagrams).
Organic matters (organic carbon, chemical oxygen demand, contaminants of organic origin, biodegradation, humin compounds).
Radioactive matter and their isotopes in groundwater.
Mode of analyzing of geochemical dates and geochemical computer programs.

Literature

APPELO, C.A.J., POSTMA, D. Geochemistry, grounwater and pollution. 2nd corrected edition. A.A.Balkema Publishers, Leiden, 2005, 635s. ISBN 04 1536 421 3
DREVER, J.I. The Geochemistry of Natural Waters. Prentice Hall, 1997. 450s.
STUMM, W., MORGAN, J.J. Aquatic chemistry: chemical equilibria and rates in natural waters. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995, 1022s.
YARIV, S., CROSS, H. Geochemistry of colloid systems. Springer Verlag, 1979, 360s. .

Doporučená literatura

PARKHURST, D.L., APPELO, C.A.J. User`s guide to PHREEQC – a computer program for Speciation, Reaction-Path, One Dimensional Transport, and Inverse-Geochemical Calculations. U.S. Geol. Surv. Water Resources Investigation Report, Denver, Colorado, USA, 1999. http://water.usgs.gov/software.
HIEMENZ, P.C., RAJAGOPALAN, R. Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. 3rd Edition. Marcel Dekker, 1997, 650s.
DOMENICO, P.A., SHWARTZ, F.W. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, 2nd edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997, 528 s.
MAIDMENT, D., ED. Handbook of Hydrology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993, 1424 s.

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