The availability of potassium in some Tasmanian soils. I. The variability of soil potassium in the field and its fractionation

1960 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 750
Author(s):  
AM Graley ◽  
KD Nicholls ◽  
CS Piper
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Soluble Form ◽  
Exchangeable Potassium ◽  
Exchangeable Fraction ◽  
Total Potassium

The potassium status of Frodsley sandy loam and some associated soils from the Fingal district, north-eastern Tasmania, has been investigated. Regularly spaced sampling of surface soils on a rectilinear grid pattern disclosed a variability of exchangeable potassium values in the field much greater than recorded for soils elsewhere; even for 3-ft spacings there was a sevenfold range. The need for adequate sampling of experimental areas is stressed. The median value for exchangeable potassium in the A1 horizon of Frodsley sandy loam was 0.31 m-equiv./100 g for "developed" areas and 0.35 m-equiv./100 g for "undeveloped" areas. Values for the A2 horizon were closely correlated with those for the corresponding surface horizon, but only about one-third as high. The amounts in the B horizon tended to approximate to those in the A1 horizon except for soils with high values in the surface. The potassium-supplying capacity of the soils was assessed by fractionation of the potassium into water-soluble, exchangeable, difficultly exchangeable, hydrochloric acid-soluble, and total potassium. In Frodsley sandy loam approximately 35 per cent. of the exchangeable potassium appeared in the water-soluble form, which suggested that there may be moderate losses from this soil by leaching. Ten minutes' boiling with normal nitric acid released only about 90 per cent. more potassium than was present in the exchangeable fraction. Boiling normal nitric acid extracted much less potassium from some samples of this soil type than did cold normal ammonium chloride from others, because of the great variability of exchangeable potassium. Concentrated hydrochloric acid dissolved a further 0.60.7 m-equiv./100 g on the average. These low values for the two latter fractions are taken to indicate the poverty of this soil type in reserves of potassium and, with the relatively low values for the exchangeable fraction, explain the widespread responses to potassium reported in field experiments. Examination of the minerals of the clay fraction of Frodsley sandy loam supported the chemical data in regard to the poor potassium status of these soils. Separation of sand, silt, and clay from the B horizons of two profiles showed that much of the total potassium was present in the coarser fractions of the soil. Type A, a soil associated with Frodsley sandy loam on river terraces, had a similar potassium status. Soils formed on dolerite were significantly higher in all categories of potassium.

scholarly journals Aerodynamic gradient measurements of the NH<sub>3</sub>-HNO<sub>3</sub>-NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub> triad using a wet chemical instrument: an analysis of precision requirements and flux errors

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Wolff ◽  
I. Trebs ◽  
C. Ammann ◽  
F. X. Meixner
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Measured Concentration ◽  
Surface Exchange ◽  
Concentration Difference ◽  
Wet Chemical

Abstract. The aerodynamic gradient method is widely used for flux measurements of ammonia, nitric acid, particulate ammonium nitrate (the NH3-HNO3-NH4NO3 triad) and other water-soluble reactive trace compounds. The surface exchange flux is derived from a measured concentration difference and micrometeorological quantities (turbulent exchange coefficient). The significance of the measured concentration difference is crucial for the significant determination of surface exchange fluxes. Additionally, measurements of surface exchange fluxes of ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate are often strongly affected by phase changes between gaseous and particulate compounds of the triad, which make measurements of the four individual species (NH3, HNO3, NH4+, NO3− necessary for a correct interpretation of the measured concentration differences. We present here a rigorous analysis of results obtained with a multi-component, wet-chemical instrument, able to simultaneously measure gradients of both gaseous and particulate trace substances. Basis for our analysis are two field experiments, conducted above contrasting ecosystems (grassland, forest). Precision requirements of the instrument as well as errors of concentration differences and micrometeorological exchange parameters have been estimated, which, in turn, allows the establishment of thorough error estimates of the derived fluxes of NH3, HNO3, NH4+, and NO3−. Derived median flux errors for the grassland and forest field experiments were: 39% and 50% (NH3), 31% and 38% (HNO3), 62% and 57% (NH4+), and 47% and 68% (NO3−), respectively. Additionally, we provide the basis for using field data to characterize the instrument performance, as well as subsequent quantification of surface exchange fluxes and underlying mechanistic processes under realistic ambient measurement conditions.

EXCHANGEABLE AND WATER-SOLUBLE POTASSIUM IN SOILS AND DEGREE OF SATURATION IN RELATION TO TOMATO YIELDS

1959 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Halstead ◽  
H. B. Heeney
Keyword(s):  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Exchangeable Potassium ◽  
Potassium Fertilizer ◽  
Prince Edward County

In 33 field trials on soils varying in texture from sandy loam to clay loam in Prince Edward County, Ontario, exchangeable potassium, per cent potassium saturation, and water-soluble potassium were significantly correlated with yield response of tomatoes to potassium fertilizer on the sandy loam soils, but there was no correlation within the loam and clay loam groups. The mean c1 value in the modified Mitscherlich equation relating exchangeable potassium to yield response within the sandy loam group was 0.00555 and the coefficient of variation was 19.8 per cent. The corresponding coefficients for c1 values based on per cent potassium saturation and water-soluble potassium were of greater magnitude. The amounts of potassium soluble in boiling 1 N HNO3 were not related to yield response.Exchangeable potassium and the non-exchangeable form soluble in boiling 1 N HNO3 increased, whereas water-soluble potassium decreased with increasing clay content of the samples. Water-soluble potassium was significantly correlated with per cent potassium saturation within the sandy loam and loam groups.

scholarly journals Aerodynamic gradient measurements of the NH<sub>3</sub>-HNO<sub>3</sub>-NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub> triad using a wet chemical instrument: an analysis of precision requirements and flux errors

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 2423-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Wolff ◽  
I. Trebs ◽  
C. Ammann ◽  
F. X. Meixner
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Measured Concentration ◽  
Surface Exchange ◽  
Concentration Difference ◽  
Wet Chemical

Abstract. The aerodynamic gradient method is widely used for flux measurements of ammonia, nitric acid, particulate ammonium nitrate (the NH3-HNO3-NH4NO3 triad) and other water-soluble reactive trace compounds. The surface exchange flux is derived from a measured concentration difference and micrometeorological quantities (turbulent exchange coefficient). The significance of the measured concentration difference is crucial for the significant determination of surface exchange fluxes. Additionally, measurements of surface exchange fluxes of ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate are often strongly affected by phase changes between gaseous and particulate compounds of the triad, which make measurements of the four individual species (NH3, HNO3, NH4+, NO3–) necessary for a correct interpretation of the measured concentration differences. We present here a rigorous analysis of results obtained with a multi-component, wet-chemical instrument, able to simultaneously measure gradients of both gaseous and particulate trace substances. Basis for our analysis are two field experiments, conducted above contrasting ecosystems (grassland, forest). Precision requirements of the instrument as well as errors of concentration differences and micrometeorological exchange parameters have been estimated, which, in turn, allows the establishment of thorough error estimates of the derived fluxes of NH3, HNO3, NH4+, and NO3–. Derived median flux errors for the grassland and forest field experiments were: 39 and 50% (NH3), 31 and 38% (HNO3), 62 and 57% (NH4+), and 47 and 68% (NO3–), respectively. Additionally, we provide the basis for using field data to characterize the instrument performance, as well as subsequent quantification of surface exchange fluxes and underlying mechanistic processes under realistic ambient measurement conditions.

Assessing the availability of potassium in soils

1981 ◽  
Vol 21 (112) ◽  
pp. 543 ◽  
Author(s):  
AM Graley
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Root System ◽  
Perennial Ryegrass ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Subterranean Clover ◽  
Root Systems ◽  
Exchangeable Potassium ◽  
Soil Potassium ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Total Potassium

Two forms of depletion cropping were examined. Perennial ryegrass was continuously cropped on two contrasting soils in pots. Simultaneously, repeated crops of ryegrass, subterranean clover, and marrow-stem kale were grown by a modified system of depletion cropping in which the whole plant was harvested and the soil sampled before being repotted for further crops. Fractions of soil potassium determined by chemical extractions were compared with the results from depletion cropping. Although the modified system needed added attention, particularly between crops, the available potassium was well exploited because of the thorough mixing of the soil. A further benefit was that the depletion of potassium in soils and plants could be followed progressively. Different root systems of the plant species greatly influenced the total potassium uptake. Reserves of initially non-exchangeable potassium contributed much to the uptake while decrease in soil potassium measured by repeated nitric acid extractions ranged from 63 to 80% of the uptake. Ryegrass with its dense root system was able to take up more non-exchangeable potassium from a yellow podzolic soil than clover and kale.

scholarly journals Comparisons between methods of measuring soluble phosphorus and potassium in soils used for fertilizer experiments on sugar beet

1962 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Warren ◽  
G. W. Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Citric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Soil Analysis ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Acid Method ◽  
Soluble P

Eleven years of field experiments on manuring sugar beet were used by the late E. M. Crowther to compare methods of analysing soils for soluble P and K; this paper reports his work.The experiments were divided by soil analyses into groups of equal numbers of sites; average crop responses were used to value the analytical methods. Such tables of average data overvalue soil analyses because each method was misleading in a small proportion of the fields used. A quantitative way was developed of assessing the gains from using soil analysis in planning fertilizing and of comparing analytical methods. The total profit from uniformly manuring all the soils examined was compared with the profit made by using analyses to select a proportion only of the soils to be manured; the total amount of fertilizer used was the same with each way of planning manuring. The most efficient analytical method gave the most profit.For phosphate, differential manuring of sites selected by soil analysis was more profitable than uniform manuring, with all the methods of measuring soluble P that were tested. The best method used a rapid extraction with dilute hydrochloric acid, but extracting with water (calcium bicarbonate solution was used for calcareous soils), or with citric acid solution, was nearly as effective. These three methods, using little solvent relative to soil, were more useful than methods using larger volumes of dilute sulphuric acid, dilute acetic acid, and a lactate solution.The sugar beet responded more often to K than to P manuring, so there was less chance of making extra profit by using analyses to detect the richer soils where either no K fertilizer, or small dressings only, should have been given. Using the citric acid method of measuring soluble-K to separate the soils into groups for differental manuring was more profitable than giving uniform dessings to all fields; acetic acid was less effective than citric acid, and the hydrochloric acid method gave no advantage over uniform manuring with the heavier rate of potassium. Water-soluble K measurements were worse than acid-soluble values; using them to predict responses and manuring would have given less profit than uniform manuring at the heavier rate used.

PERSISTENCE OF BORAX IN SANDY SOILS

1958 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Ouellette
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Soil Profile ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Soluble Form ◽  
Optimum Rate ◽  
Alfalfa Hay

A field experiment was conducted on St. Pacôme sandy loam to study the movement and accumulation of applied boron within the soil profile, and consequently determine the optimum rate and frequency of borax application to the sandy soils of Eastern Quebec for the production of alfalfa hay and seed. From 65 to 75 per cent of the borax applied, depending upon the rate used, had moved below the 36-inch depth 30 months after application. The remaining portion was found, mostly in water-soluble form, below the 16-inch depth in the case of plots which had received borax at the 10- and 15-lb. rates, and in the entire profile, but with greater concentration in lower depths, in the case of plots which had received 25 and 40 lb. per acre. Very little fixation of the boron applied occurred between the surface and the 36-inch depth. The biennial application of 15 to 20 lb. of borax for alfalfa hay and 25 to 30 lb. for seed appeared satisfactory on that soil.

scholarly journals Zinc dynamics in an Alfisol as influenced by levels of farm yard manure

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-332
Author(s):  
M. Chakraborty ◽  
H. M. Chidanandappa ◽  
B. C. Dhananjaya ◽  
D. Padhan
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Eleusine Coracana ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Recommended Dose ◽  
Farm Yard Manure ◽  
Straw Yield ◽  
Loam Soil ◽  
Absolute Control

Field experiments were conducted on sandy loam soil at Shimoga, Karnataka, India to study the influence of FYM application on dynamics of zinc in an Alfisol under fingermillet (Eleusine coracana L.) crop. Three levels of FYM viz., 7.5, 15.0 and 22.5 t/ha with and without recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) were evaluated for the purpose. Changes in available (DTPA extractable) and different fractions of Zn in soil were monitored. Application of FYM at all levels, with or without fertilizers, caused significant (p<0.05) increase in DTPA-Zn, the effect being more pronounced at higher levels. Maximum DTPA- zinc (0.97 mg/kg) in soil was observed in the treatment RDF+FYM@ 22.5 t/ha. Increase in level of FYM application increased the water soluble, sorbed, easily reducible manganese bound, carbonate bound and organic bound fractions of Zn significantly (p<0.05), but decreased residual fractions in soil compared to that of RDF and absolute control treatments. All the fractions except residual one had positive and significant correlation with each other indicating the existence of a dynamic equilibrium among them. DTPA-Zn was positively and significantly (p<0.01) correlated with soil OC, WS, SORB, ERMn, CA, OM and Fe and Alox fractions (r= 0.683,0.603,0.683,0.702,0.777,0.678 and 0.476 respectively) in soil. The treatment receiving RDF+FYM @ 22.5 t/ha excelled over others with respect to grain and straw yield (3.028 t/ha and 1.890 t/ha respectively) of fingermillet. Thus, keeping in view the availability of Zn in soil and yield of fingermillet, FYM @22.5 t/ha supplemented with RDF was found to be the superior one.

scholarly journals POTASSIUM FORMS STATUS IN SOME DESERT TORRIFLUVENTS SOIL AND EFFECT OF CULTIVATION ON IT

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Al-Tamimi
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Sulphuric Acid ◽  
Potassium Concentration ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Arid Soils ◽  
Exchangeable Potassium ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Total Potassium ◽  
Semi Arid

This research was conducted to study potassium status and forms in some desert Torrifluvents soil, from south of Libya and to clarify the effect of cultivation on its forms. Composite soil samples were collected from surface soils (0-30 cm) of some cultivated fields and from larva regions besides these fields. Various forms of potassium were determined i.e. soluble-K, NH4OAC extractable-K, reserve-K, sulphuric acid-K, boiling nitric acid-K to determine primary step-K and total step-K, and total K. Results indicated that all soils have high content of soluble and exchangeable potassium, and within the range of arid and semi–arid soils. Reserve-K was ranged between 0.359– 3.422 cmol kg-1 with an average of 1.702 and 2.637 cmol kg-1 in cultivated and virgin soils respectively. All soils had low content of primary step which ranged between 0.214-1.294 cmol kg-1 with an average of 0.522 and 0.926 cmol kg-1 in cultivated and virgin soils respectively. Total step potassium was ranged between 0.982–5.995 cmol kg-1 with average of 2.480 and 3.765 cmol kg-1 for cultivated and larva soils respectively. Total potassium concentration was between 15.16–36.71 and 23.53-30.06 cmol kg-1 with average of 24.52 and 26.38 in cultivated and virgin soils respectively. All forms of potassium were decreased as a result of cultivation. Apart from K-HCl and total K, the rest forms of potassium were significantly correlated with each other's.

scholarly journals Compatibility of ‘soil-variety-fertilizer’ to fertilizer norms and dynamics of food elements

2021 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 02038
Author(s):  
Jakhongir Kuziev ◽  
Alisher Matyakubov ◽  
Shavkat Jumaev ◽  
Sobirjon Nizamov
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Exchangeable Potassium ◽  
Agrochemical Properties ◽  
Nutrient Environment ◽  
Total Potassium ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus ◽  
Irrigated Soils

This article notes the geographical location and soil-climatic conditions of Kashkadarya province in Uzbekistan, as well as the mechanical composition, agrochemical properties and dynamics of nutrients in the soil of field experiments conducted in the conditions of typical irrigated gray soils in Shakhrisabz district. In total, 36% of the irrigated soils of the Kashkadarya basin are typical gray soils, and the genetic layers of the soils of the studied area are medium sandy, with large dust particles predominating in the mechanical fraction and create nutritional regimens. In the driving layers of the studied soils, humus 1.094%, total nitrogen 0.080%, total phosphorus 0.168%, total potassium 1.07%, mobile nitrogen, phosphorus and exchangeable potassium belong to low and moderately supplied groups. It is also possible to fully demonstrate the potential of cotton by creating a scientifically based nutrient environment for the promising variety “Porlok-4”.

Extraction of iron, cobalt, nickel and copper with dibenzyl sulfoxide solution in toluene

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 2024-2031 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Vláčil ◽  
Huynh Dang Khanh
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Distribution Ratio ◽  
Separation Factor ◽  
Chromatographic Separation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Iron Cobalt ◽  
Cobalt Nickel ◽  
Factor Α

The dependence of the distribution ratio of the metal on the concentration of hydrochloric of nitric acid was examined for Fe, Co, Ni and Cu extraction with 0.05M solution of dibenzylsulfoxide in toluene. Iron is extracted considerably more than the other metals, and is better extracted from hydrochloric acid than from nitric acid. The separation factor αFe/M (for 8M-HCl) is of the order of 104; this is not sufficient for a separation of trace quantities of iron from Co, Ni and Cu, but even at lower concentrations of HCl (e.g., 5M) the values is high enough for extraction chromatographic separation. The composition of the iron solvate extracted from HCl or LiCl medium was determined to be HFeCl4.2 B (B = dibenzyl sulfoxide).

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