In the first place, most chemists work with materials whose chemical formulae are fairly simple, and in which the ratio of the numbers of atoms of one kind to the numbers of atoms of another are small integers, or fractions of small integers. Among such compounds are NaCl, Al203 and Si02• By contrast, the geochemist often stud…
An aapa mire was investigated peat geologically. Based on about 1500 volumentric peat samples, the depth, peat types, degree of decomposition (V. Post's methods), bulk density, water content and shear strength were examined along an 800 m transcet. The calorific value was determined from 58 respresentative peat samples from the same transect, as wel…