402 Pages
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CRC Press
402 Pages
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CRC Press
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Describes the history of soil chemistry, its application in agriculture, chemical properties and composition of the principal types of soil, important chemical processes and chemical equilibrium in soils, fundamental laws of ion-exchange capacity of soils, and more.
FOREWORD, 1. BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY AND PROBLEMS IN SOIL CHEMISTRY, 2. ELEMENTAL AND PHASE COMPOSITION OF SOIL, 3. COMPOUNDS OF ALKALI AND ALKALINE EARTH ELEMENTS IN SOIL, 4. SOIL SOLUTION, 5. CATION EXCHANGE PROPERTIES OF SOILS, 6. COMPOUNDS OF ALUMINIUM IN SOILS AND THE PROBLEM OF SOIL ACIDITY, 7. SILICON COMPOUNDS IN SOIL, 8. MINERAL AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF CARBON IN SOIL FORMATION AND SOIL FERTILITY, 9. NONSPECIFIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN SOILS, 10. HUMUS ACIDS: COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES, 11. HYPOTHESES ON HUMIFICATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF HUMUS ACIDS, 12. ORGANOMINERAL INTERACTIONS AND COMPOUNDS IN SOILS, 13. THE HUMUS STATE OF SOILS, 14. NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND SULPHUR IN SOIL PROCESSES, 15. MANGANESE AND IRON IN SOILS, 16. OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS AND PROCESSES IN SOILS, 17. TRACE ELEMENTS AND CHEMICAL POLLUTION OF SOILS, LITERATURE
Biography
D.S. Orlov
