Textbook on Physical Chemistry and Mineralogy of Soils

Contents: Preface. 1. Rocks, minerals and soils. 2. Bonding in solid structures. 3. Elements of crystallography. 4. Structures of soil minerals. 5. Characterization of soil minerals-I. 6. Characterization of soil minerals-II. 7. Weathering and formation of minerals. 8. Chemical thermodynamics. 9. Electrochemistry of soils and clays. 10. Adsorption and ion exchange. 11. Double layer theory. 12. Chemisorption reactions in soil. 13. Precipitation reactions in sol. 14. Soil organic colloids. 15. Chemistry of submerged soil. Subject index.