Provides graduate students and professionals in soil science, geochemistry, or related fields with information on equilibrium and kinetic aspects of major soil chemical processes and reactions. Updated from the 1986 edition with new chapters on precipitation and dissolution, modeling adsorption reactions at the interface between minerals and water, and the chemistry of humic substances. Also discusses the use of in situ techniques such as X-ray adsorption fine structure, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Soil Physical Chemistry, Second Edition takes up where the last edition left off. With comprehensive and contemporary discussions on equilibrium and kinetic aspects of major soil chemical process and reactions this excellent text/reference presents new chapters on precipitation/dissolution, modeling of adsorption reactions at the mineral/water interface, and the chemistry of humic substances. An emphasis is placed on understanding soil chemical reactions from a microscopic point of view and rigorous theoretical developments such as the use of modern in situ surface chemical probes such as x-ray adsorption fine structure (XAFS), Fournier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, and scanning probe microscopies (SPM) are discussed.
