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The chemistry of soils /

1. The Chemical Composition of Soils. 2. Soil Minerals. 3. Soil Humus. 4. The Soil Solution. 5. Mineral Stability and Weathering. 6. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions. 7. Soil Particle Surface Charge. 8. Soil Adsorption Phenomena. 9. Exchangeable Ions. 10. Colloidal Phenomena. 11. Soil Acidity. 12. Soil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sposito, Garrison, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1 The Chemical Composition of Soils
  • 1.1 Elemental Composition
  • 1.2 Metal Elements in Soils
  • 1.3 Solid Phases in Soils
  • 1.4 Soil Air and Soil Water
  • 1.5 Soil Mineral Transformations
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • Special Topic 1: Balancing Chemical Reactions
  • 2 Soil Minerals
  • 2.1 Ionic Solids
  • 2.2 Primary Silicates
  • 2.3 Clay Minerals
  • 2.4 Metal Oxides, Oxyhydroxides, and Hydroxides
  • 2.5 Carbonates and Sulfates
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • Special Topic 2: The Discovery of the Structures of Clay Minerals
  • 3 Soil Humus
  • 3.1 Biomolecules
  • 3.2 Humic Substances
  • 3.3 Cation Exchange Reactions
  • 3.4 Reactions with Organic Molecules
  • 3.5 Reactions with Soil Minerals
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • Special Topic 3: Film Diffusion Kinetics in Cation Exchange
  • 4 The Soil Solution
  • 4.1 Sampling the Soil Solution
  • 4.2 Soluble Complexes
  • 4.3 Chemical Speciation
  • 4.4 Predicting Chemical Speciation
  • 4.5 Thermodynamic Stability Constants
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • 5 Mineral Stability and Weathering
  • 5.1 Dissolution Reactions
  • 5.2 Predicting Solubility Control: Activity-Ratio Diagrams
  • 5.3 Coprecipitated Soil Minerals
  • 5.4 Predicting Solubility Control: Predominance Diagrams
  • 5.5 Phosphate Transformations in Calcareous Soils
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • 6 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
  • 6.1 Flooded Soils
  • 6.2 Redox Reactions
  • 6.3 The Redox Ladder
  • 6.4 Exploring the Redox Ladder
  • 6.5 pE-pH Diagrams
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • Special Topic 4: Balancing Redox Reactions
  • Special Topic 5: The Invention of the pH Meter
  • 7 Soil Particle Surface Charge
  • 7.1 Surface Complexes
  • 7.2 Adsorption
  • 7.3 Surface Charge
  • 7.4 Points of Zero Charge
  • 7.5 Schindler Diagrams
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • 8 Soil Adsorption Phenomena
  • 8.1 Measuring Adsorption
  • 8.2 Adsorption Kinetics and Equilibria
  • 8.3 Metal Cation Adsorption
  • 8.4 Anion Adsorption
  • 8.5 Surface Redox Processes
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • 9 Exchangeable Ions
  • 9.1 Soil Exchange Capacities
  • 9.2 Exchange Isotherms
  • 9.3 Ion Exchange Reactions
  • 9.4 Biotic Ligand Model
  • 9.5 Cation Exchange on Humus
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • 10 Colloidal Phenomena
  • 10.1 Colloidal Suspensions
  • 10.2 Soil Colloids
  • 10.3 Interparticle Forces
  • 10.4 The Stability Ratio
  • 10.5 Fractal Floccules
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • Special Topic 6: Mass Fractals
  • 11 Soil Acidity
  • 11.1 Proton Cycling
  • 11.2 Acid-Neutralizing Capacity
  • 11.3 Aluminum Geochemistry
  • 11.4 Redox Effects
  • 11.5 Neutralizing Soil Acidity
  • For Further Reading
  • Problems
  • Special Topic 7: Measuring pH
  • 12 Soil Salinity
  • 12.1 Saline Soil Solutions
  • 12.2 Cation Exchange and Colloidal Phenomena
  • 12.3 Mineral Weathering
  • 12.4 Boron Chemistry
  • 12.5 Irrigation Water Quality.