ENVIRONMENTAL
CHEMISTRY
Agriculture
No other industry impacts as much as
agriculture does on the environment
Potential for environmental damage or
environmentally friendly as possible.
Soil
Soil: a variable mixture of minerals, organic
matter, and water capable of supporting
plant life on the earths surface
5% organic matter and 95% inorganic
matter. Peat soils, may contain as much as
95% organic material. Other soils contain as
little as 1% organic matter.
Tanah
Bahan anorganik
Bahan organik
Biomass
Carbon in living
organism
Humus
Soil organic
matter
Nonhumic substances
Humic acid
Organic residues
Carbon in undecayed
and partially decayed
plant and animal
tissues
Humic substences
Fulvic acid
Humin
NITROGEN IN SOIL