Information Package / Course Catalogue
Soil Colloids
Course Code: ZTO605
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

Detailed information about soil colloids and their properties.

Course Content

General knowledge about colloids, colloid types, inorganic soil colloids, clay colloids and their various properties, clay suspensions and colloidal systems, properties of clay-water system, organic soil colloids and properties, the interaction between organic and inorganic colloids

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.The properties of colloids
2.The differentiation and classification of the colloidal types
3.The determination of the colloidal solutions
4.The determination of the relationships between soilproperties and soil colloids
5.The determination of the relationships between soil fertility and soil colloids
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Soil colloids and their associations in aggregates/ Marcel F. De Boodt, ed. Michael H. B. Hayes, ed. Adrien Herbillon. New York Plenum.1990.
2.Toprak Mekaniği ve Teknolojisi, Ankara Üni. Ziraat Fak. Yayınları:992 Ders Kitabı:260 Nuri MUNSUZ, 1985.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information about the colloids
Week 2 - Theoretical
The classification of the colloids
Week 3 - Theoretical
The origin of the clay minerals and their formations
Week 4 - Theoretical
The structure of the clay minerals
Week 5 - Theoretical
The classification of the clay minerals
Week 6 - Theoretical
Clay mineral analyzes
Week 7 - Theoretical
The colloidal properties of the soil colloids and clay minerals
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
The determination of the clay minerals usage areas
Week 10 - Theoretical
The relationships between clay minerals, soil and water
Week 11 - Theoretical
Clay mineral-soil productivity relationships
Week 12 - Theoretical
The various properties of the organic soil colloids
Week 13 - Theoretical
The chemical composition of the organic colloids
Week 14 - Theoretical
The behavior of the organic colloids
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment101414
Term Project102020
Reading50525
Midterm Examination103030
Final Examination104040
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)171
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
2
1
1
1
2
OÇ-2
4
2
1
1
4
OÇ-3
4
1
1
2
5
OÇ-4
4
2
1
2
5
OÇ-5
5
2
1
2
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026