Chemistry of Soils

Name: Chemistry of Soils
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ISBN: 9780195313697

ISBN-10: 0195313690

ISBN-13: 9780195313697

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Garrison Sposito

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Book details

List price: $175.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.45" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




The Chemical Composition of Soils



Elemental Composition



Metal Elements in Soils



Solid Phases in Soils



Soil Air and Soil Water



Soil Mineral Transformations


For Further Reading


Problems



Balancing Chemical Reactions



Soil Minerals



Ionic Solids



Primary Silicates



Clay Minerals



Metal Oxides, Oxyhydroxides, and Hydroxides



Carbonates and Sulfates


For Further Reading


Problems



The Discovery of the Structures of Clay Minerals



Soil Humus



Biomolecules



Humic Substances



Cation Exchange Reactions



Reactions with Organic Molecules



Reactions with Soil Minerals


For Further Reading


Problems



Film Diffusion Kinetics in Cation Exchange



The Soil Solution



Sampling the Soil Solution



Soluble Complexes



Chemical Speciation



Predicting Chemical Speciation



Thermodynamic Stability Constants


For Further Reading


Problems



Mineral Stability and Weathering



Dissolution Reactions



Predicting Solubility Control: Activity-Ratio Diagrams



Coprecipitated Soil Minerals



Predicting Solubility Control: Predominance Diagrams



Phosphate Transformations in Calcareous Soils


For Further Reading


Problems



Oxidation-Reduction Reactions



Flooded Soils



Redox Reactions



The Redox Ladder



Exploring the Redox Ladder



pE-pH Diagrams


For Further Reading


Problems



Balancing Redox Reactions



The Invention of the pH Meter



Soil Particle Surface Charge



Surface Complexes



Adsorption



Surface Charge



Points of Zero Charge



Schindler Diagrams


For Further Reading


Problems



Soil Adsorption Phenomena



Measuring Adsorption



Adsorption Kinetics and Equilibria



Metal Cation Adsorption



Anion Adsorption



Surface Redox Processes


For Further Reading


Problems



Exchangeable Ions



Soil Exchange Capacities



Exchange Isotherms



Ion Exchange Reactions



Biotic Ligand Model



Cation Exchange on Humus


For Further Reading


Problems



Colloidal Phenomena



Colloidal Suspensions



Soil Colloids



Interparticle Forces



The Stability Ratio



Fractal Floccules


For Further Reading


Problems



Mass Fractals



Soil Acidity



Proton Cycling



Acid-Neutralizing Capacity



Aluminum Geochemistry



Redox Effects



Neutralizing Soil Acidity


For Further Reading


Problems



Measuring pH



Soil Salinity



Saline Soil Solutions



Cation Exchange and Colloidal Phenomena



Mineral Weathering



Boron Chemistry



Irrigation Water Quality


For Further Reading


Problems



Units and Physical Constants in Soil Chemistry


For Further Reading


Problems


Index