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- Title
Partitioning of organic carbon, aluminium and cadmium between solid and solution in soils: application of a mineral–humic particle additivity model.
- Authors
Lumsdon, D. G.
- Abstract
The partitioning of chemical elements between the solid and solution phases in soil is fundamental in understanding processes such as leaching and bioavailability. Here I present a model in which the partitioning of Cd, Al and carbon in both mineral and organic soils can be simulated in the pH range 2–8. A two-phase additivity approach simulates ion adsorption by the soils using a hydrous ferric oxide and humic type surface. A model for the partitioning of soil humic matter has also been developed in which the NICA–Donnan model calculates humic surface charge. Other key processes represented include mineral solubilization and solution speciation. Methods for deriving model input parameters either from analytical data or by parameter optimization were used. Acid ammonium-oxalate-extractable Fe was used to estimate the amount of hydrous ferric oxide, and reactive humic substances were estimated by a scaled down version of the International Humic Substances Society method for the extraction of humic and fulvic acid. For initial calculation the 0.1 m HCl-extractable Al was used to estimate reactive Al. Optimization of reactive Al improved the fit of both the total dissolved Al data and the adsorbed Cd. The model for the solid–solution partitioning of humic substances could simulate reasonably well the release of carbon in the pH range 4–8 for both the organic and mineral soils.
- Subjects
SOILS; HUMUS; SOIL testing; SOIL composition; AGRICULTURAL chemistry; AGRICULTURAL chemicals
- Publication
European Journal of Soil Science, 2004, Vol 55, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
1351-0754
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00599.x