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18 February - 24 February
25 February - 3 March
4 March - 10 March
11 March - 17 March
18 March - 24 March
25 March - 31 March
1 April - 7 April
8 April - 14 April
15 April - 21 April
22 April - 28 April
Course Outline
Soil and water Chemistry
Course Outline:-Theory:
Unit 5 - Physical properties of soil
Unit 6 - Chemical properties of soil
Unit 8 - Soil and water amendments
Unit 10 - Soil and water quality criteria
Practical:
- Principles of Titrymetry, Gravimetry, Potentiometry, Conductometry, Refractometry, colourimetry, Turbidimetry, Spectrophotometry (UV, Visible, Flame, AAS), computerized instrument system.
- Demonstration: demonstration of laboratory glass wares and equipment used in water and soil analysis. Water analysis: measurement of temperature, turbidity, determination of pH and EC.
- Determination of salinity, Chlorinity, total solids, Redox potential, DO, Free CO2. Determination of total alkalinity, hardness.
- Determination of inorganic nitrogen, and phosphorus Soil analysis:
- Determination of soil texture, soil pH, conductivity, soil available nitrogen, available phosphorus, and organic carbon.
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