Introduction to Soil Chemistry: Analysis and Instrumentation
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ALFRED R. CONKLIN, PhD, is currently a professor in the Agriculture and Chemistry Departments of Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, and has also been a Fulbright Professor at the University of Zimbabwe and Leyte State University in the Philippines. In addition to his extensive academic experience teaching about soils and organic chemistry, Dr. Conklin has served as an adviser on soil conservation projects in Africa and has worked on several agricultural production activities with Fifth Third Bank, Petro Environmental Technology, and the Peace Corps. He also participated in a GTI Superfund site cleanup. Dr. Conklin is a referee and contributor to several publications and the author of a number of prior books on soil science and organic chemistry.
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Chapter 1: Soil basics I : macroscale features.
Chapter 2: Soil basics II : microscopic to atomic orbital description of soil chemical characteristics.
Chapter 3: Soil basics III : the biological and organic components in soil.
Chapter 4: Soil basics IV : the soil air and soil solution.
Chapter 5: Electrical measurements.
Chapter 6: Titrimetric measurements.
Chapter 7: Extraction.
Chapter 8: Spectroscopy.
Chapter 9: Chromatography.
Chapter 10: Speciation.
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"...a valuable addition to soil chemistry studies because of its breadth of coverage…clear and concise language; wealth of illustrations, diagrams, figures, and reactions; chapter problems; and up-to-date references." (CHOICE, January 2006)
"…a one-of-a-kind manual that is suitable to many facets of scientific study…will prove invaluable to settings which include both the classroom and the Chemist's laboratory…there's not another textbook like this one anywhere." (Electric Review, November/December 2005)
