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Department of Environmental Chemistry
Institution
Section overview
Description
The research and education of the department covers different aspects of environmental chemistry. The main focus is on the following topics: (i) The sustainability of ecological agriculture regarding the nutrient dynamics under different management (e.g. addition of different organic fertilizers, at different ploughing depths or different crop rotations) (ii) A risk assessment of slightly contaminated materials (e.g. ashes and slags) which are the by-products of the 'Kreislaufwirtschaft' Apart from routine analyses (atomic absorption spectroscopy, ion chromatography, continuous flow analyses, infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography), methods include different computer models (e.g. PHREEQC2 and the Rothamsted Carbon Model) and stable isotopes.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- GRK 1397 A1: Effects of crop rotation and fertilization on labile C and N pools in sandy and silty soils under subtropical and temperate climates: experiments and modelling
- GRK 1397 A2: Effects of tillage on labile C and N pools: experiments and modelling
- GRK 1397 B1: Dynamics of ions in sandy and silty soils under unsaturated conditions: experiments and modelling
- GRK 1397 B2: Modelling of ion dynamics in field experiments under different tillage systems
- GRK 1397: Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in organic agriculture
- Review and optimization of spectroscopy in the near and mid-infrared range to determine the composition, properties and transformability of soil organic matter
Coordinated collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
Contact
Department of Environmental Chemistry
Nordbahnhofstraße 1a
D-37213 Witzenhausen
Hesse
Germany
Phone: 05542-98-1630
Fax: 05542-98-1633
Email: bludwig(@)uni-kassel.de