Soil Chemistry

About this book

Soil Chemistry focuses on the species and reaction processes of chemicals in soils, with applications to environmental and agricultural issues. Topics range from discussion of fundamental chemical processes to review of properties and reactions of chemicals in the environment. This new edition contains more examples, more illustrations, more details of calculations, and reorganized material within the chapters, including nearly 100 new equations and 51 new figures. Each section also ends with an important concepts overview as well as new questions for readers to answer. Starting with an introduction to the subject, Soil Chemistry, 5th Edition offers in-depth coverage of properties of elements and molecules; characteristics of chemicals in soils; soil water chemistry; redox reactions in soils; mineralogy and weathering processes in soils; and chemistry of soil clays. Soil Chemistry also provides chapters that examine production and chemistry of soil organic matter; surface properties of soil colloids; adsorption processes in soils; measuring and predicting sorption processes in soils; soil acidity; and salt-affected soils. Provides a basic description of important research and fundamental knowledge in the field of soil chemistry Contains more than 200 references provided in figure and table captions and at the end of the chapters Extensively revised with updated figures and tables Soil Chemistry, 5th Edition is an excellent text for senior-level soil chemistry students.

Contents

Preface to Fifth Edition xii
Preface to Fourth Edition xiii
Acknowledgments xiv

1 Introduction to Soil Chemistry 1
2 Properties of Elements and Molecules 31
3 Characteristics of Chemicals in Soils 43
4 Soil Water Chemistry 77
5 Redox Reactions in Soils 119
6 Mineralogy and Weathering Processes in Soils 150
7 Chemistry of Soil Clays 186
8 Production and Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter 214
9 Surface Properties of Soil Colloids 240
10 Adsorption Processes in Soils 255
11 Measuring and Predicting Sorption Processes in Soils 296
12 Soil Acidity 314
13 Salt-Affected Soils 331

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Biography

Dr. Daniel G. Strawn is a Professor of Soil Chemistry in the Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences Department at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Dr. Hinrich L. Bohn is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Dr. George A. O'Connor is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida in Gainesville.