Environmental Soil Chemistry - Chapter 0 pdf

[...]... useful to students taking their first course in soil chemistry The second edition is a comprehensive and contemporary textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in soil science and for students and professionals in environmental chemistry and engineering, marine studies, and geochemistry Writing the second edition of Environmental Soil Chemistry has been extremely enjoyable and was made... structure (Chapter 3), mechanisms of metal and metalloid sorption on soil components and soils, and speciation of inorganic contaminants (Chapter 5) This second edition also contains new information on soil and water quality (Chapter 1), carbon sequestration (Chapter 3), and surface nucleation/precipitation (Chapter 5) and dissolution (Chapter 7) Other material throughout the book has been updated As... intense light, has revolutionized the field of environmental soil chemistry and allied fields such as environmental chemistry, materials science, and geochemistry The intense light enables one to study chemical reactions and processes at molecular and smaller scales and in situ A new multidisciplinary field has evolved, molecular environmental science, in which soil chemists are actively involved It can... edition, the book provides extensive discussions on the chemistry of inorganic and organic soil components, soil solution–solid phase equilibria, sorption phenomena, kinetics of soil chemical processes, redox reactions, and soil acidity and salinity Extensive supplementary readings are contained at the end of each chapter, and numerous boxes in the chapters contain sample problems and explanations of... 303 Index 345 This Page Intentionally Left Blank Preface Since the first edition of Environmental Soil Chemistry was published in 1995, a number of important developments have significantly advanced the soil and environmental sciences These advancements were the primary motivation for publishing the second edition The use of synchrotron-based... 2 90 Parameters for Measuring the Sodic Hazard 292 Contents xi Classification and Reclamation of Saline and Sodic Soils 294 Saline Soils 294 Sodic Soils 294 Saline–Sodic Soils 295 Effects of Soil Salinity... 2 60 Reduction of Contaminants by Iron and Microbes 261 Suggested Reading 264 CHAPTER 9 The Chemistry of Soil Acidity 267 Introduction 267 Environmental Aspects of Acidification 268 Historical Perspective of Soil Acidity... 277 Effect of Adsorbed Aluminum on Soil Chemical Properties 278 Titration Analyses 279 Liming Soils 281 Suggested Reading 282 CHAPTER 10 The Chemistry of Saline and Sodic Soils 285 Introduction ... contaminants in soils, sediments, waste materials, natural waters, and the atmosphere at the molecular level Chapter 1 contains a major section on molecular environmental science with discussions on synchrotron radiation and important spectroscopic and microscopic techniques The application of these techniques has greatly advanced our understanding of soil organic matter macromolecular structure (Chapter 3),... 244 CHAPTER 8 Redox Chemistry of Soils 245 Oxidation–Reduction Reactions and Potentials 245 Eh vs pH and pe vs pH Diagrams 249 Measurement and Use of Redox Potentials 253 Submerged Soils . UK http://www.academicpress.com Library of Congress Control Number: 200 2 104 258 International Standard Book Number: 0- 1 2-6 5644 6-9 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 02 03 04 05 06 07 CTP 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Joy and my.