Reactions with Variable-Charge Soils

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
The ionic species present in soil solutions....Pages 1-5
Variable charge oxides as soil constituents and as models of soil constituents....Pages 6-15
Describing and explaining the adsorption behaviour of oxides....Pages 16-29
The rate of reaction with oxides....Pages 30-36
The four-plane model and how it works....Pages 37-48
Fixed charge and variable charge components in soil....Pages 49-53
The reaction of anions and cations with soil....Pages 54-80
Modelling the reaction of anions and cations with soil....Pages 81-100
Speciation in Solution....Pages 101-107
Solving simultaneous equations — the four-layer model....Pages 108-117
Deriving equations to describe adsorption and rate of adsorption....Pages 118-123
Modifications to the four layer model....Pages 124-141
Fitting models to data....Pages 142-155
Applying models to soil....Pages 156-177
Describing the reaction of ions with soil....Pages 178-191