Physical and Chemical Methods in Soil Analysis

Contents: 1. Instrumental Techniques: Fundamental Concepts. 2. Soil Physics. 3. Soil Chemistry. 4. Fundamental Concepts of Analytical Chemistry.

Analytical methods are the foundation of a scientific discipline. This text book is a comprehensive analytical manual covering the aspects of soil analysis in the major areas of Soil Physics and Soil Chemistry. An important feature of this text is that it describes not only the analytical procedures in detail, but also furnishes sufficient theoretical background on the subject matter. The fundamental principles of the analytical methods have been discussed precisely and theories explained well with mathematical treatments and chemical reactions wherever required.

This text is primarily meant to cater the need of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Agricultural Universities/Institutes in India and is expected to be of help to teachers and researchers as well. An endeavour has been made to provide sufficient theoretical background on the subject matter to ensure that the procedures are not followed merely to obtain a numerical answer.

The second edition has been improved with some important additions in the section of Soil Chemistry particularly in relation to environment.