Soil Sampling, Preparation, and Analysis

Kim H. Tan

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN: 9781482274769
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology

This second edition of the popular Soil Sampling, Preparation, and Analysis provides a hands-on guide to the methods most commonly used in modern soil laboratories around the world, illustrating the methods with actual results. Divided into three sections, the book covers principles of soil sampling and sources of errors and variability of results, common procedures for extraction and analysis in soil plant testing, and instrumentation. The author added three new chapters on soil and plant test methods, electron microscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance. He has extensively revised, updated, and expanded all of the other chapters to reflect recent advances and shifting interests in the field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
• PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 PRINCIPLES OF SOIL SAMPLING
• Chapter 2 SAMPLE PREPARATION
• Chapter 3 ERRORS, VARIABILITY, AND CHEMICAL UNITS OF SOIL ANALYSIS
• Chapter 4 METHODS OF SOIL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
• Chapter 5 SOIL AND PLANT TEST
• Chapter 6 DETERMINATION OF SOIL WATER
• Chapter 7 DETERMINATION OF SOIL TEXTURE
• Chapter 8 DETERMINATION OF SOIL DENSITY AND POROSITY
• Chapter 9 SOIL pH MEASUREMENT AND LIME REQUIREMENT
• Chapter 10 CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY AND % BASE SATURATION DETERMINATION
• Chapter 11 DETERMINATION OF MACROELEMENTS
• Chapter 12 DETERMINATION OFMICROELEMENTS
• Chapter 13 DETERMINATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
• Chapter 14 SPECTROPHOTOMETRY ANDCOLORIMETRY
• Chapter 15 FLAME PHOTOMETRY
• Chapter 16 INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
• Chapter 17 X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS
• Chapter 18 DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS
• Chapter 19 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND EDAX
• Chapter 20 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY
• Index