Soil and Environmental Analysis: Modern Instrumental Techniques (PDF)

Evaluating traditional and recent analytical methods according to speed, sensitivity, and cost-efficiency, this reference supports specialists in the selection of effective analytical techniques and equipment for the study of soils, soil contaminants, and environmental samples-illustrating the advantages, limitations, range, and challenges of the major analytical approaches utilized in modern research laboratories.





Includes new chapters on the measurement of organic pollutants in the environment and gas fluxes between the land surface and atmosphere.





Covering an extensive range of environmental materials, the Third Edition provides expanded discussions on



* analytical techniques for heavy metal contaminated soils, waters, and sediments

* recent applications in absorption and flame emission spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, continuous-flow and injection analysis, ion chromatography, and x-ray fluorescence spectrometry

* applications in the study of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur

* the measurement of organic pollutants such as PCBs and aromatic hydrocarbons

* dissolved C and N in water

* current methods of electroanalysis and the measurement of radioisotopes and ionizing radiation



Reflecting rapid developments in the field, Soil and Environmental Analysis, Third Edition should be on the bookshelves of all soil and environmental scientists and chemists, agronomists, agricultural engineers, geochemists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.