The effect of adsorption on sulfate leaching.

N. S. Bolan, D. R. Scotter, J. K. Syers, R. W. Tillman

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Abstract

Movement of sulfate (S) through repacked columns of soil with high and low S adsorption capacity was studied in the laboratory. Differences in movement could be explained by the shape of adsorption isotherms which were determined from batch-type experiments. 34S was found to be a suitable tracer to study the movement of applied 32S. After leaching of a pulse of S added to the surface soil, the observed S ditributions in soil columns were not well described by theory. The discrepancies were largest when the soil containing the added pulse of S was incubated prior to leaching. Possible reasons for this lack of agreement are discussed.-from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1419-1424
Number of pages6
JournalSoil Science Society of America Journal
Volume50
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

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