RAPID ESTIMATION OF BASE‐EXCHANGE PROPERTIES OF SOIL
RAPID ESTIMATION OF BASE‐EXCHANGE PROPERTIES OF SOIL
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DOI:
10.1097/00010694-194201000-00001
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发表时间:
1942-01
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A. Mehlich
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A. Mehlich
It is well known that base-exchange reactions of soil involving metal cat-ions are relatively rapid. The hydrogen ions of soil colloids are, however, replaced very slowly and only to a small extent by neutral salts. Since most of our agricultural soils contain hydrogen ions, the rapidity of these exchange reactions varies with the amount of exchangeable hydrogen present. Previous reference (4) has been made to the rapid determination of base-exchange capacity and exchangeable hydrogen. In nearly all the rapid chemi-cal methods for determining exchangeable cations in soil, acids or mixtures of salts and acids are employed (3, 6). Base-exchange capacity and exchange-able hydrogen are not usually determined by these methods, but merely the approximate amounts of exchangeable metal cations. Such data are usually insufficient to estimate accurately the base-exchange properties of a soil. The method for the rapid, approximate determination of base-exchange capacity and exchangeable hydrogen, herewith proposed, is based on the results shown in this and other papers (4, 5). In addition to a detailed de-scription of the method, various practical applications are included. A detailed description of the volumetric determination of barium is given.