Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical MethodsVolume 3 of a three-volume set of Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbooks for the practising chemist/analyst, setting out guidelines for the survey of components of land resources. It is designed to minimise the effect of such variables in surveying as the choice of analytical methods, quality of field sampling, preservation of samples, etc, and to promote standardisation of soil and water analysis. |
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Great book for soil chemical methods for Australia. Worthwhile updating to the newest edition (Rayment and Lyons 2010) which includes new and updated methods. Does not include physical or biological methods of soil analysis. Unlike the SSSA soil chemical methods book, this one also does not have a large amount of critical method review. It is mainly a procedures book.
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Contents
SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION | 7 |
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY | 15 |
SOLUBLE CHLORIDE | 24 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods Volume 3 of Australian soil and land survey handbook |
| Authors | G. E. Rayment, F. R. Higginson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Inkata Press, 1992 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2009 |
| ISBN | 0909605688, 9780909605681 |
| Length | 330 pages |
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