Abstract

capasThe Brazilian Society of Soil Science launched, in 2009, during the XXXII CBCS meeting, in Fortaleza, the book “Chemistry and Mineralogy of Soil” in two volumes (Part I – Basics, Part II – Applications), totaling 1380 pages. This book covers a large gap for the lack of basic teaching materials for training in undergraduate and courses in the area of Agricultural Sciences. The academic and scientific communities now have basic material that surely will be the demarcation line of a new phase in the improvement of teaching of soils and plant nutrition in Brazil.

Part I – Basic Principles Part II – Applications
I- Basic Concepts of Chemistry XI- Chemistry of soil organic matter
II- Basic Concepts in Mineralogy
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III- Chemical equilibrium reactions XII- Electrochemical adsorption and
in the soils ion exchange in soil
IV- Universal reserves in soils XIII- Chemical adsorption models
V- Weathering and occurrence of XIV- Chemical changes in the rhizosphere
minerals in the soil environment XV- Dynamics of pesticides in soil
VI- Smectite, vermiculite, hydroxy- XVI- Chemistry of heavy metals in soil
interlayer minerals and chlorites XVII- Chemistry of acid soils
VII- Kaolinite and halloysite XVIII- Chemistry of highly weathered soils
VIII- Iron oxides XIX- Chemistry of saline and sodic soils
IX- Oxides of aluminum, silicon, XX- Flooded soil chemistry

manganese and titanium XXI- Analytical methods used in Soil
X- Physical methods of analysis in
Chemistry

soil mineralogy

Editors
Vander de Freitas Melo
Luís Reynaldo F. Alleoni

Abstract

The Chemical and physical phenomena and the principles applied in qualitative analysis to identify ions in aqueous solution are the same ones used in quantitative analysis of different samples and are still used in many official reference methods, including instrumental methods or procedures. This shows the importance of knowledge of the fundamentals of qualitative analysis, requiring the teacher to get the students’ attention for their practical applications. Below are some brief descriptions of methods and procedures as suggestions for class discussion.

Keywords
qualitative analytical chemistry, quantitative analytical chemistry, concepts, applications, experiments, learning, testing methods, ASTM, AOAC, RSC.

Authors
João Carlos de Andrade
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química
Terezinha Ribeiro Alvim
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Química – CEFET-MG





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