Richard H. Loeppert
Professor of Soil Chemistry
Ph.D., Soil Science, University of Florida, 1976
Email: r-loeppert@tamu.edu
Voice: 979.845.3663
Office: 618A Heep Center
Agro 626. Soil Mineralogy . (3-4). Credit 5.
Crystal structures and properties of important minerals in soils and sediments especially clay minerals and oxides combined with identification techniques involving theory and practice with x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, infrared and chemical methods.
AGRO 624. Soil Chemistry. (3-3). Credit 4.
Physical chemistry of clay minerals and inorganic and organic soil colloids; specific and non-specific absorption; kinetic processes and chemical equilibria in soils. Prerequisites: AGRO 626; CHEM 324 or approval of instructor.
AGRO 618. Advanced Soil Analysis. (2-3). Credit 3.
Fundamental procedures for analysis of soils and sediments including chemical, spectrophotometric, electrometric, chromatographic and sample handling; methods important to the soils researcher and analyst. Prerequisite: AGRO 422 or approval or instructor.