Principles and Controversies
by Kim H. Tan
Humic Matter in Soil and the Environment is the only book to completely define and explore the genesis, extraction, properties, and impact of humic matter on agriculture, industry, and the environment.
Humic Matter in Soil and the Environment delves into the issues and controversies associated with produced and natural humic compounds—assessing the role of humic substances in medicines, fertilizers, and industrial and pharmaceutical operations.
Humic Matter in Soil and the Environment provides characteristic visible light, infrared, ESR, NMR spectra, and electron micrographs for every humic compound.
Features:
- examines controversies regarding humic matter as a real or false compound
- explores achievements of the past century, as well as prospects for advancing humic acid science in the new millennium
- studies the extraction, isolation, and fractionation of humic substances with analytical procedures from the International Humic Substances Society and the Soil Science Society of America
- amends the electric double layer theories to introduce new fused double-layer concepts
- classifies different types of humic matter according to origin
- investigates recent claims of humic acid–derived medicines for antiviral, anticancer, and eye disease treatments
- details the statistical modeling of humification, including the use of stability coefficients and humification indexes
Humic Matter in Soil and the Environment is a monumental reference for entomologists, plant pathologists, agriculturists, toxicologists, environmental scientists, and biotechnologists, and a comprehensive text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
Contents:
- The Issue of Humic Matter
- The Nature and Distribution of Humic Matter
- Extraction and Fractionation of Humic Substances
- Genesis of Humic Matter
- Chemical Composition of Humic Matter
- Characterization of Humic Substances
- Electrochemical Properties of Humic Matter
- Agronomic Importance of Humic Matter
- Environmental and Industrial Importance of Humic Matter
Appendix A: Greek Alphabet
Appendix B: Atomic Weights of Major Elements in Soils
Index
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