Pyrite removal from kerogen without altering organic matter: the chromous chloride method

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis V. Acholla ◽  
Wilson L. Orr
Soil Research ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
BM Tucker

Clay subsoils were analysed by a procedure that uses a choline chloride reagent to distinguish double-layer exchangeable cations from other more strongly adsorbed forms extractable by an ammonium sulfate reagent. In those clay subsoils that contained little organic matter, the exchangeable cations made up nearly all of the cations that reacted with salt solutions. This means that it makes no practical difference to values of Ca/Mg ratios, or of ESP, whether the analytical methods discriminate between those exchangeable cations and other adsorbed cations, or do not, provided the soil samples contain little organic matter. The adoption of the new choline chloride method will not make necessary any revision of the criteria already in use in Australia for sodium- or magnesium-affected subsoils. Some possible mechanisms for the deleterious effect that large amounts of exchangeable magnesium have on the properties of subsoil clays containing illite are discussed. It is shown that the single-charged cations MgCl+ or MgOH+ are not involved. The clays hold exchangeable magnesium slightly less strongly than they hold calcium, and this weaker binding remains the best explanation for the magnesium effect.


Agronomie ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 777-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme D. Schwenke ◽  
Warwick L. Felton ◽  
David F. Herridge ◽  
Dil F. Khan ◽  
Mark B. Peoples

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Davis ◽  
Doug R. Sloan ◽  
Gerald Kidder ◽  
R. D. Jacobs

Animal manures have been used as natural crop fertilizers for centuries. Because of poultry manure’s high nitrogen content, it has long been recognized as one of the most desirable manures. Besides fertilizing crops, manures also supply other essential plant nutrients and serve as a soil amendment by adding organic matter, which helps improve the soil’s moisture and nutrient retention. Organic matter persistence will vary with temperature, drainage, rainfall, and other environmental factors. This 2-page fact sheet was written by Michael A. Davis, D.R. Sloan, Gerald Kidder, and R.D. Jacobs, and published by the UF Department of Animal Science, November 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/aa205


Author(s):  
Andrey ilinsky ◽  
Alexander Nefedov ◽  
Konstantin Evsenkin

Global climatic changes, technogenic pollution by pollutants, violations of technologies of exploitation of reclaimed land lead to a decrease in fertility and soil degradation of agricultural land. Adverse weather conditions, resulting in a lack of adequate flood water, and economic difficulties in agriculture make it difficult to fill the deficit of organic matter and macronutrients in reclaimed alluvial soils. The monitoring of agrochemical properties of alluvial meadow medium-loamy soil of the stationary site (reclaimed lands of JSC «Moskovskoye» of Ryazan region), located in the floodplain of the Oka river, conducted by the Meshchersky branch of Vniigim, showed the presence and intensification of degradation changes in the soil. Thus, comparing the agrochemical indicators in the layer 0–20 cm, carried out in 1995, with the indicators of 2019, it should be noted a decrease in soil fertility. The decrease in soil quality was expressed in a decrease in the amount of mobile phosphorus by 37.6 %, mobile potassium by 53.3 %. Also, during this time there was a decrease in organic matter by 9.1 %, and an increase in soil acidity was 0.6 pH. As a result of such changes, soils lose ecological stability and become more vulnerable to adverse weather and negative anthropogenic impacts. In such a situation, advanced agricultural techniques should be actively used to obtain guaranteed, environmentally safe crop yields and restore the fertility of degraded reclaimed soils. In this regard, there is a need to develop innovative methods of fertility restoration of degraded alluvial soils in reclaimed lands using multi-component organic-mineral ameliorants. Meshchersky branch performs research work in addressing this issue.


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