NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

	Course Policy
	Lessons

Lectures: LEC (10:00 – 10:50 a.m.) TWTRF in STVNS 134

Week	Date	Lesson Topic	More Information
1
	June 05	Introduction, Principles of inorganic geochemistry	Chemical Bonds, Periodic properties
	June 06	Chemical background, bonds, ionic radii	Molarity, Solubility product
	June 07	Ionic substitution in crystals	Mineral Stability, The Carbonate System
	June 08	1^st hour test / Aqueous geochemistry (Lab segment)
2
	June 12	Molarity measurements, mixing and dilution
	June 13	The Carbonate System and pH control
	June 14	Clay minerals
	June 15	2^nd hour test / REDOX (Lab segment)
3
	June 19	Clays and clay minerals
	June 20	Redox equilibria, redox in natural waters
	June 21	Chemical weathering / Geochemical cycles
	June 22	3^rd hour test / Environ. geochemistry (Lab segment)