Principles of soil chemistry

"Learn the secrets of soil chemistry and its role in agriculture and the environment. Examine the fundamental laws of soil chemistry, how they affect dissolution, cation and anion exchange, and other reactions. Explore how water can form water-bridges and hydrogen bonding, the most common force...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Kim H. [ (Kim Howard)] , 1926- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press , c2011
Edition:4th ed
Series:Books in soils, plants and the environment
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Definitions and concepts of soil chemistry
  • 2. Overview of basic chemical principles and units
  • 3. Soil composition and electrochemical potentials
  • 4. Soil gas and liquid phases
  • 5. Colloidal chemistry of organic soil constituents
  • 6. The colloidal chemistry of inorganic soil constituents
  • 7. Adsorption in soils
  • 8. Cation exchange
  • 9. Anion exchange
  • 10. Soil reaction
  • 11. Soil chemistry and soil formation
  • 12. Chemistry of soil-organic matter interactions