| Responsible Department | Department of Basic Science and Environment |
| Course Dates | Three weeks either full-time or part-time during one semester. Individualy decided. |
| Course Abstract | The Ph.D. provides the student with the practical training and theoretical background for performing and interpreting soil mineral identifications, characterizations and determinations by modern instrumental techniques, in particular powder X-ray diffractionand infrared analysis. |
| Course Registration | Further information, Email: haha@life.ku.dk |
| Deadline for Registration | Individual registration |
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) |
| Level of Course | PhD course |
| Organisation of Teaching | Three weeks either full-time or part-time during one semester |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Course Content | |
| The main areas covered by the course include: Basic principles of the composition and structure of soil minerals. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis of soil clay, silt and sand fraction and pure minerals. Training in preparation of unoriented and oriented specimens, in running the X-ray diffractometer (transmission and reflection modes), and in interpretation of the X-ray diffractograms. Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis (FT-IR) of soil clays and pure minerals. Training in specimen preparation, in running the spectrometer (transmission, diffuse reflectance and attenuated total reflectance modes), and in interpretation of the spectra. Quantification of the composition of soil clay fractions by integration of results obtained from X-ray diffraction, FT-IR , element analysis, thermal analysis and cation exchange capacity. Spectroscopic techniques such as Mössbauer spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance(ESR) and microscope techniques such as scanning electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy and lighte microscopyof thin sections are briefly considered. | |
| Teaching and learning Methods | |
| Three weeks either full-time or part-time during one semester | |
| Learning Outcome | |
| The Ph.D. provides the student with the practical training and theoretical background for performing and interpreting soil mineral identifications, characterizations and determinations by modern instrumental techniques, in particular powder X-ray diffractionand infrared analysis. | |
| Course Material | |
| Wilson, M.J. (1987,1994) A Handbook of Determinative methods in clay mineralogy. Blackieand Chapman & Hall, London. | |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Hans Chr. Bruun Hansen, haha@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Soil and Environmental Chemistry, Phone: 353-32418 | |
| Other Lecturers | |
| Christian Bender Koch | |
| Course Fee | |
| Free of charge for Ph.D. students under the Open Market for Postgraduate Courses inDenmark and from NOVA-partners. | |
| Course Costs | |
| None | |
| Type of Evaluation | |
| Written report on experimental work | |
| Other Remarks | |
| Special prerequisites: B.Sc. course in Pedology or equivalent | |