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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS GEE 5011 MINERAL EQUILIBRIA AND SOLUTIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 2 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN CANDAN

Offered to

Economic Geology Economic Geology

Course Objective

THIS COURSE IS DESIGN TO ENABLE THE GRADUATE STUDENTS TO ASSESS MINERAL EQUILIBRIA IN SEDIMENTARY CONDITIONS( LOW TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE) AND RELATION WITH PROPERTIES OF SOLUTION.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   ABLE TO REALIZE THE WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS THROUGH CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS 2   ABLE TO PRESENT ANALITICALLY NATURAL GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT LOW T AND P 3   ABLE TO CRITICIZE NATURAL GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT LOW T AND P 4   ABLE TO UNDERTAKE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH THROUGH PHASE EQUILIBRIA 5   ABLE TO MODELLING TO THE GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES WITH GRAPHICAL TOOLS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE THERMODYNAMIC CONCEPTS 2 CONCEPT OF EQUILIBRIUM RELATED VARIABLES 3 ESSENTIALS OF THERMODYNAMIC RULES 4 ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION RELATIONS 5 SOLIDS AND SOLID SOLUTIONS 6 AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ELECTROLITES 7 MID-TERM EXAM 8 DISSOCIATION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS 9 CARBONATE EQULIBRIA 10 CARBONATE EQUILIBRIA 11 PRESENTATION OF MINERAL EQUILIBRIA BY DIAGRAMS 12 PARTIAL PRESSURE AND Eh-Ph DIAGRAMS 13 ACTIVITY AND COMBINATION DIAGRAMS 14 ACTIVITY AND COMBINATION DIAGRAMS

Recomended or Required Reading

1. GARRELS R. M. AND CRIST C. L., SOLUTIONS MINERALS AND EQUILIBRIA, HARPER AND ROW PUB. 1965 2. NORDSTROM D. K. MUNOZ J. L., GEOCHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, THE BENJAMIN/CUMMINGS PUB. 1985

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

IN INTERACTIVE LECTURE FORMAT WITH WEEKLY HOMEWORK

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1 3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG1 +ASG 2/2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 +ASG2/2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

HANDLING THE WEEKLY HOME WORK WILL MAIN CRITERIA

Assessment Criteria

NONE

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

NO RULES

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

LECTURER OFFICE

Office Hours

TEUSDAY 10::00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) LAB 13 2 26 LECTURES 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24 Preparing assignments 10 6 60 FINAL EXAMS 1 2 2 MID-TERMS 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 4 3 LO.2 4 LO.3 3 4 LO.4 4 3 LO.5 3 4