ABSTRACT

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.

chapter Chapter 1|28 pages

PRINCIPLES OF SOIL SAMPLING

chapter Chapter 2|13 pages

SAMPLE PREPARATION

chapter Chapter 4|16 pages

METHODS OF SOIL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

chapter Chapter 5|37 pages

SOIL AND PLANT TEST

chapter Chapter 6|19 pages

DETERMINATION OF SOIL WATER

chapter Chapter 7|21 pages

DETERMINATION OF SOIL TEXTURE

chapter Chapter 8|14 pages

DETERMINATION OF SOIL DENSITY AND POROSITY

chapter Chapter 9|26 pages

SOIL pH MEASUREMENT AND LIME REQUIREMENT

chapter Chapter 11|62 pages

DETERMINATION OF MACROELEMENTS

chapter Chapter 12|37 pages

DETERMINATION OF MICROELEMENTS

chapter Chapter 13|26 pages

DETERMINATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER

chapter Chapter 14|26 pages

SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND COLORIMETRY

chapter Chapter 15|24 pages

FLAME PHOTOMETRY

chapter Chapter 16|23 pages

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

chapter Chapter 17|33 pages

X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS

chapter Chapter 18|36 pages

DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS

chapter Chapter 19|25 pages

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND EDAX

chapter Chapter 20|24 pages

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

chapter |1 pages

Appendix A

chapter |1 pages

Appendix B

chapter |3 pages

Appendix C

chapter |1 pages

Appendix D

chapter |2 pages

Appendix E

chapter |3 pages

Appendix F