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Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Instrumental Method Acronyms; Common Hyphenated Instrumental Method Abbreviations; Abbreviated Periodic Table of the Elements; CHAPTER 1: Summary of the History of Soil Chemistry; 1.1 The 19th Century; 1.2 The End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century; 1.3 The 20th Century; 1.4 The End of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century; 1.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER 2: Soil Basics Part I: Large Features; 2.1 Horizonation; 2.2 Peds; 2.3 Soil Color; 2.4 Soil Naming; 2.5 The Landscape.

2.6 Relationship of Large Features to Soil Chemistry, Soil Analysis, and Instrumentation2.7 Conclusions; CHAPTER 3: Soil Basics Part II: Microscopic to Atomic Orbital Description of Soil Chemical Characteristics; Soil Components Independent; 3.1 Soil Solids; Soil Components Interacting; 3.2 Bonding Considerations; Soil Components in Combination; 3.3 Surface Features; 3.4 Energy Considerations; 3.5 Reaction Paths; 3.6 Steric Factors; 3.7 Rate Factors; 3.8 All Factored Together; 3.9 Micelles; 3.10 Coated Surfaces; 3.11 Conclusions.

CHAPTER 4: Soil Basics Part III: The Biological and Organic Components in SoilBiota of Soil; 4.1 Animals; 4.2 Plants; 4.3 Microorganisms; Biological and Organic Chemicals of Soil; 4.4 Biochemical; 4.5 Bioorganic; 4.6 Organic Compounds; 4.7 Analysis; 4.8 Conclusions; CHAPTER 5: Soil Basics Part IV: The Soil Air and Soil Solution; 5.1 Soil Air; 5.2 Water; 5.3 Solubility; 5.4 Elements in Solution; 5.5 Dissolved Gases; 5.6 Compounds in Solution; 5.7 Inorganic Ions in Solution; 5.8 Organic Ions in Solution; 5.9 Soil pH; 5.10 The Soil Solution around Particles.

5.11 Distribution between Soil Solids and Soil Solution5.12 Oxidative and Reductive Reactions in the Soil Solution; 5.13 Measuring Soil Water; 5.14 Conclusion; CHAPTER 6: Speciation; 6.1 Cations; 6.2 Anions; 6.3 Isolation of Species; 6.4 Sampling, Sample Storage, and Speciation; 6.5 Conclusions; CHAPTER 7: Soil and Soil Solution Sampling, Sample Transport, and Storage; 7.1 Field Sampling; 7.2 Sampling Cropped Land; 7.3 Environmental Sampling; 7.4 Other Environmental Sampling Situations; 7.5 Sample Transport and Storage; 7.6 Laboratory Sampling; 7.7 Sampling the Soil Solution; 7.8 Conclusions.

CHAPTER 8: Direct and Indirect Measurement in Soil Analysis8.1 Direct Measurements; 8.2 Mediated Direct Measurement; 8.3 Indirect Soil Measurements; 8.4 Destructive Soil Analysis Methods; 8.5 Soil Solution; 8.6 Soil Solids; 8.7 Conclusions; CHAPTER 9: Electrical Measurements; 9.1 The Basic Electrochemical Cell; 9.2 Electricity Generation in Soil; 9.3 Potentiometry (Electrodes in Soil Measurements); 9.4 Voltammetry; 9.5 Electrical Conductivity; 9.6 Time-Domain Reflectometry; 9.7 Porous Block; 9.8 Other Methods; 9.9 Conclusions; CHAPTER 10: Titrimetric Measurements; 10.1 Soil Titration.