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1 online resource (397 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Soil Chemistry -- 1.1 Historical background -- 1.2 The soil environment -- 1.2.1 Soil chemical and biological interfaces -- 1.2.2 Soil solids -- 1.2.3 Soil interaction with the hydrosphere -- 1.2.4 Interaction of soil and the atmosphere -- 1.3 Chemical reactions in soils -- 1.3.1 Flow of chemical energy in soils -- 1.3.2 Soil chemical speciation -- 1.3.3 Chemical reaction types in soils -- 1.4 Soil biogeochemical cycling -- 1.5 Soil chemical influences on food production |
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1.6 Soils and environmental health -- 1.6.1 Soil chemistry and environmental toxicology -- 1.7 Units in soil chemistry -- 1.7.1 Converting units -- Chapter 2 Properties of Elements and Molecules -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ionization and ionic charge -- 2.3 Ionic radius -- 2.4 Molecular bonds -- 2.5 The nature of water and hydration of ions -- Chapter 3 Characteristics of Chemicals in Soils -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Occurrence of elements in soils -- 3.3 Essential elements -- 3.3.1 Plant deficiency -- 3.4 Inorganic contaminants in the environment -- 3.4.1 Assessing contamination status of soils |
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3.5 Anthropogenic organic chemicals in the soil environment -- 3.5.1 Pesticides in the environment -- 3.5.2 Chemicals of emerging concern in the environment -- 3.5.3 Chemical factors affecting organic chemical reactions in soil -- 3.6 Properties of the elements in soils -- 3.6.1 Alkali and alkaline earth cations -- 3.6.2 Major soluble anions in soils -- 3.6.3 Weakly soluble anions -- 3.6.4 Poorly soluble metal cations -- 3.6.5 Common toxic elements in soils -- 3.6.6 Major biogeochemical elements carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur -- Chapter 4 Soil Water Chemistry -- 4.1 Introduction |
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4.2 Thermodynamic approach to aqueous soil chemistry -- 4.2.1 Types of equilibrium constants -- 4.3 Calculation of ion activity -- 4.3.1 Example calculation of activity coefficient -- 4.4 Acids and bases -- 4.5 Gas dissolution -- 4.6 Precipitation and dissolution reactions -- 4.6.1 Solubility of oxides and hydroxides -- 4.6.2 Calcite and carbon dioxide in soils -- 4.6.3 Solubility of soil minerals -- 4.6.4 Using equilibrium reactions to model soil mineral precipitation and dissolution reactions -- 4.7 Cation hydrolysis -- 4.8 Complexation -- 4.8.1 Predicting equilibrium for complexation reactions |
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4.8.2 Chelate reactions with metals -- 4.8.3 Trends in cation ligand affinity -- 4.8.4 Predicting complexation using the hard and soft acid-base (HASB) concept -- 4.9 Using software to predict soil solution equilibrium -- 4.10 Kinetics of chemical reaction in soil solution -- Chapter 5 Redox Reactions in Soils -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Redox reactions in nature -- 5.2.1 Photosynthesis redox reactions -- 5.2.2 Electron donors in nature -- 5.2.3 Electron acceptors in nature -- 5.3 Basic approaches for characterizing soil redox processes |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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5.3.1 Measuring redox-induced changes in chemical species in soils |
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Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118629208 |
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1118629205 |
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