Advanced Chemical Methods for Soil and Clay Minerals Research

1. Front Matter

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2. Mössbauer Spectroscopy

   • Bernard A. Goodman

   Pages 1-92

3. Neutron Scattering Methods of Investigating Clay Systems

   • D. Keith Ross, Peter L. Hall

   Pages 93-168

4. Introduction to X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

   • C. Defosse, P. G. Rouxhet

   Pages 169-203

5. Application of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy to the Study of Mineral Surface Chemistry

   • Mitchell H. Koppelman

   Pages 205-243

6. The Application of NMR to the Study of Clay Minerals

   • J. J. Fripiat

   Pages 245-315

7. Distribution of Ions in the Octahedral Sheet of Micas

   • W. E. E. Stone, J. Sanz

   Pages 317-329

8. General Theory and Experimental Aspects of Electron Spin Resonance

   • Jacques C. Vedrine

   Pages 331-389

9. Applications of ESR Spectroscopy to Inorganic-Clay Systems

   • Thomas J. Pinnavaia

   Pages 391-421

10. Application of Spin Probes to ESR Studies of Organic-Clay Systems

    • Murray B. McBride

    Pages 423-450

11. Applications of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy to the Study of Soils and Clay Minerals

    • Raymond L. Schmidt

    Pages 451-465

12. Back Matter

    Pages 467-477

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During the past few years there has been a marked increase in the use of advanced chemical methods in studies of soil and clay mineral systems, but only a relatively small number of soil and clay scientists have become intimately associ­ ated and acquainted with these new techniques. Perhaps the most important obstacles to technology transfer in this area are: 1) many soil and clay chemists have had insufficient opportunities to explore in depth the working principles of more recent spectroscopic developments, and therefore are unable to exploit the vast wealth of information that is available through the application of such ad­ vanced technology to soil chemical research; and 2) the necessary equipment gen­ erally is unavailable unless collaborative projects are undertaken with chemists and physicists who already have the instruments. The objective of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Illinois from July 23 to August 4, 1979, was to partially alleviate these obstacles. This volume, which is an extensively edited and reviewed version of the proceedings of that Advanced Study Institute, is an essential aspect of that purpose. Herein are summarized the theory and most current applications of six different spectroscopic methods to soil and/or clay mineral systems. The instrumental methods examined are Mossbauer, neutron scattering, x-ray photoelectron (XPS, ESCA), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance (ESR, EPR), and photoacoustic spectroscopy. Contributing authors were also lecturers at the Advanced Study Institute, and are each well known and respected authorities in their respective disciplines.

• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• Neutron
• Oxide
• distribution
• soil
• spin
• mineral resources

• University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

  J. W. Stucki, W. L. Banwart

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