Handbook of Soil Analysis - Mineralogical, Organic and Inorganic Methods

Marc Pansu and Jacques Gautheyrou
Springer 2006

Hardcover 993 p., 183 illus ISBN 3540312102 £242.00

This handbook is a reference guide for selecting and carrying out numerous methods of soil analysis. It is written in accordance with analytical standards and quality control approaches.It covers a large body of technical information including protocols, tables, formulae, spectrum models, chromatograms and additional analytical diagrams. The approaches are diverse, from the simplest tests to the most sophisticated determination methods in the physical chemistry of mineralogical and organic structures, available and total elements, soil exchange complex, pesticides and contaminants, trace elements and isotopes. As a basic reference, it will be particularly useful to scientists, engineers, technicians, professors and students, in the areas of soil science, agronomy, earth and environmental sciences as well as in related fields such as analytical chemistry, geology, hydrology, ecology, climatology, civil engineering and industrial activities associated with soil.

Written for scientists, engineers, technicians, students

Contents

Chapter 1 Water Content and Loss on Ignition
Chapter 2 Particle Size Analysis
Chapter 3 Fractionation of the Colloidal Systems
Chapter 4 Mineralogical Characterisations by X-Ray Diffractometry
Chapter 5 Mineralogical Analysis by Infra-Red Spectrometry
Chapter 6 Mineralogical Separation by Selective Dissolution
Chapter 7 Thermal Analysis
Chapter 8 Microscopic Analysis

PART 2 - ORGANIC ANALYSIS

Chapter 9 Physical Fractionation of Organic Matter
Chapter 10 Organic and Total C, N (H, O, S) Analysis
Chapter 11 Quantification of Humic Compounds
Chapter 12 Characterization of Humic Compounds
Chapter 13 Measurement of Non-Humic Molecules
Chapter 14 Organic Forms of Nitrogen, Mineralizable Nitrogen (and Carbon)

PART 3 - INORGANIC ANALYSIS - Exchangeable and Total Elements

Chapter 15 pH Measurement
Chapter 16 Redox Potential
Chapter 17 Carbonates
Chapter 18 Soluble Salts
Chapter 19 Exchange Complex
Chapter 20 Isoelectric and Zero Charge Points
Chapter 21 Permanent and Variable Charges
Chapter 22 Exchangeable Cations
Chapter 23 Exchangeable Acidity
Chapter 24 Lime Requirement
Chapter 25 Exchange Selectivity, Cation Exchange Isotherm
Chapter 26 Cation Exchange Capacity
Chapter 27 Anion Exchange Capacity
Chapter 28 Inorganic Forms of Nitrogen
Chapter 29 Phosphorus
Chapter 30 Sulphur
Chapter 31 Analysis of Extractable and Total Elements

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