Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
2.7.
Explain how the rate of a particular reaction may affect the amount of
a particular component in soil.
2.8.
Diagram the expected structure of an organic and an inorganic (clay)
micelles in soil.
2.9.
In general terms, describe the condition of the surfaces of all soil com-
ponents.
2.10.
Describe the expected differences between sand and silt surfaces and
clay surfaces.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pauling L.
The Nature of the Chemical Bond and Structure of Molecules and Crystals;
An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry
. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press,
1960.
Companion AL.
Chemical Bonding
. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
Greenwood NN, Earnshaw A.
Chemistry of the Elements
. New York; Pergamon Press,
1985.
REFERENCES
1. Brady NC, Weil RR.
Elements of the Nature and Properties of Soils
, 2nd ed. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall, pp. 95-99, 2004.
2. Van Olphen H.
An Introduction to Clay Colloid Chemistry: For Clay Technologists,
Geologists, and Soil Scientists
. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1991.
3. Gardner DT, Miller RW.
Soils in Our Environment
, 10th ed. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall, pp. 27-31, 2004.
4. Sanderson RT.
Polar Covalence
. New York: Academic Press, 1983.
5. Woodward RB, Hoffmann R.
The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry
. Weinheim:
Verlag Chemie, 1970.
6. Atkins P, dePaula J.
Physical Chemistry
, 7th ed. New York: Freeman, pp. 432-446,
2002.
7. Bowser JR.
Inorganic Chemistry
. Pacific Grove, CA; Brooks/Cole, 1993.
8. Bohn HL, McNeal BL, O'Connor GA.
Soil Chemistry
, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley,
pp. 206-259, 2001.
9. Hamilton WC, Ibers JA.
Hydrogen Bonding in Solids; Methods of Molecular
Structure Determination
. New York: Benjamin, 1968.
10. Scheiner S.
Hydrogen Bonding: A Theoretical Perspective
. New York: Oxford Univ.
Press, 1997.
11. Harter RD, Smith G. Langmuir equation and alternate methods of studying
“adsorption” reactions in soil. In
Chemistry and the Soil Environment
, Stelly M
(ed.). Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of
America, pp. 167-182, 1981.
