Introductory Soil Chemistry, Fertility And Microbiology
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Introductory Soil Chemistry, Fertility And Microbiology
Introductory Soil Chemistry, Fertility And Microbiology
This note deals with the meaning and explanation of the basic
principles of soil chemistry, fertility and microbiology. Explanations were also
given on the basic concepts of these fields of soil science. This note focused
on: soil phases, cation exchange capacity and base saturation, soil acidity and
liming, nutrient movement in soils,nutrient uptake mechanisms, chemistry, status
and availability of essential nutrients in soils.
This book explains the following topics: General Analytical Processes,
Analysis of Mineral Phosphates, General Methods for Phosphoric Acid, The Citrate
Method,Volumetric Determination of Phosphoric Acid, Titration of the Yellow
Precipitate, Chemistry of the Manufacture of Superphosphates.
This note covers the following topics: Soil- A Three Phase System, The Solid Phase- Surfaces In Soil and
Their Reactivity, The Solution Phase Review of Solution Phase Chemistry and
Discussion of Solutions in The Soil Matrix, Interaction Between Solid and
Solution Phase- General Solubility Relationships, Carbonate Equilibria and
Solubility, Cation Exchange Reactions in Colloidal Systems, Soil Buffering and
Soil pH Redox Reactions in Soil Systems.