Soil Physical Chemistry

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. TOC:Electrochemistry of the Double Layer: Principles and Applications to Soils, Upendra Singh and Goro Uehara.- Chemical Modeling of Ion Adsorption in Soils, John M. Zachara and John C. Westall.- Thermodynamics of the Soil Solution, Donald L. Suarez.- Kinetics and Mechanisms of Chemical reactions at the Soil Mineral/Water Interface, Donald L. Sparks.- Precipitation/Dissolution Reactions in Soils, Wayne P. Robarge.- The Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter, Nicola Senesi and Elisabetta Loffredo.- Characterizing Soil Redox Behavior, Richmond J. Bartlett.