The comparative effects of exchangeable calcium, magnesium, and sodium on some physical properties of red-brown earth subsoils. I. Exchange reactions and water contents for dispersion of Shepparton soil

Soil Research ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
AC Bakker ◽  
WW Emerson ◽  
JM Oades

The susceptibility to waterlogging of red-brown earth subsoils is discussed. One of these, Shepparton, has been leached with chloride solutions of given SAR, in the range 0-7, the last solution being 1 mM in calcium or magnesium. The soil was then extracted with neutral lM ammonium chloride and the displaced cations measured. The exchange of sodium for both calcium and magnesium was similar, following the Gapon equation except at very low SAR values. Some potassium and sodium was extracted from calcium and magnesium soils. Shepparton soil of known SAR was remoulded over a range of water contents and synthetic aggregates formed. The percentage of the clay fraction which dispersed from the aggregates was measured. The water content for perceptible dispersion of magnesium soil was only about half that of calcium soil, the water contents being near the 15 bar and 0.1 bar values respectively for unsheared soil. The water content for dispersion decreased sharply with increasing SAR of the soil. Calcium-sodium soil with an ESP of 3.5 dispersed at the same water content as magnesium soil. Possible reasons for the enhanced dispersion of sheared, wet magnesium soil compared with similar calcium soil are discussed.


Soil Research ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
WW Emerson ◽  
CL Chi

Samples of illites, two extracted from soils, one from a shale, prepared with a range of exchangeable calcium, magnesium, sodium were immersed dry into water. The extent of dispersion with time was estimated visually and also deduced from the O.D. of the suspensions derived from the dispersed clay. The dispersion of wet calcium and magnesium soil illites sheared at a given water content and then immersed in water was also assessed visually. The dispersion of all three illites was enhanced when magnesium was the dominant cation rather than calcium. For the soil clays a lower ESP was required to initiate dispersion of the dry clay when immersed in water. Both calcium and magnesium forms of the shale illite dispersed partially over a period of several days when immersed dry into water, the magnesium to a greater extent than calcium. The magnesium form of the coarser of the two soil illites also dispersed slowly. By comparing the calcium-magnesium and calcium-sodium forms of the last clay, it was deduced that about 10 times the equivalent concentration of exchangeable magnesium as sodium was needed to cause the same degree of dispersion. For the other soil illite the water content for dispersion of the wet, sheared magnesium clay was found to be less than for the calcium clay. The O.D. of suspensions of the clays was found to decrease with increasing ESP and when magnesium was the dominant cation rather than calcium. This is explained in terms of particle aggregation. The ease of dispersion of the illites was correlated with particle size. Possible reasons for this, and the effect of magnesium, as opposed to calcium, on the forces between the clay particles are discussed.



2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 996-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Rodolfo Siqueira Vendrame ◽  
Robélio Leandro Marchão ◽  
Osmar Rodrigues Brito ◽  
Maria de Fátima Guimarães ◽  
Thierry Becquer

The objective of this work was to assess the relationship between macrofauna, mineralogy and exchangeable calcium and magnesium in Cerrado Oxisols under pasture. Twelve collection points were chosen in the Distrito Federal and in Formosa municipality, Goiás state, Brazil, representing four soil groups with varied levels of calcium + magnesium and kaolinite/(kaolinite + gibbsite) ratios. Soil macrofauna was collected in triplicate at each collection point, and identified at the level of taxonomic groups. Macrofauna density showed correlation with contents of kaolinite, gibbsite and exchangeable Ca + Mg in the soils. Mineralogy and exchangeable Ca + Mg had significant effects on taxonomic groups and relative density of soil macrofauna. The termites (Isoptera) were more abundant in soils with low exchangeable Ca + Mg; earthworms (Oligochaeta), in soils with high levels of kaolinite; and Hemiptera and Coleoptera larvae were more abundant in gibbsitic soils with higher contents of total carbon.



1954 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 706 ◽  
Author(s):  
BM Tucker

The solubilities of calcium and magnesium from calcium carbonate, dolomite, and magnesite, in a normal solution of ammonium chloride in 60 per cent. ethanol, adjusted to pH 8.5 with ammonia, are the same as or a little less than those in air-free water. Such a solution is suitable for the extraction of exchangeable metal cations from soil samples containing these carbonates. A single extraction yields a solution in which calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium may all be determined. Ammonium chloride is better than the acetate because there appears to be a specific solution effect associated with the acetate anion. The amounts of calcium and magnesium extracted by this solution from soil samples presumed to be in equilibrium with, but not containing, carbonates, are not altered by the addition of excess calcium carbonate or dolomite. An examination of 18 carbonate soils gave mean values of 16.5 m-equiv. of calcium and 11.7 of magnesium per 100 g of sample compared with 16.4 and 11.7 m-equiv. respectively by a double leaching method with normal sodium chloride solution.



1956 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-247
Author(s):  
Armi Kaila ◽  
Jaakko Kivekäs

It has been attempted in the present paper to study the distribution of plant available calcium, magnesium, and potassium in various depths of 25 virgin peat lands. The amounts of these cations extractable by 1 N ammonium chloride are supposed to give a rough estimation on the available content of the nutrients. Also the quantities of extracted sodium are reported. It has been found that the percentic content of these cations in the surface vegetation are higher than in the peat. Particularly marked is the accumulation of potassium in living plants and, although in a less degree, in the surface layers of peat. The variation in the distribution of the extractable amounts of the cations in various depths of the peat lands is considerable. A significant correlation exists between the depth and the magnesium content, and a negative correlation between the depth and the amount of extractable potassium. So far as the amount of cations extracted by 1 N ammonium chloride represents nutrients available for plants, calcium and magnesium are not generally minimum factors in peat soils, whereas in most soils the sources of potassium probably will be depleted by the first crops.



Soil Research ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
WW Emerson ◽  
AC Bakker

Aggregates from the subsoils of four red-brown earths were brought into equilibrium with chloride solutions of known SAR, 1 mM in calcium or magnesium. The solutions were replaced by water and the amount of clay which subsequently dispersed from the aggregates measured. For the three soils from the same area, the ESP required to induce dispersion was about 3 for magnesium-sodium aggregates compared with 5 for calcium-sodium aggregates. For the other soil the respective ESP values had to be increased by a factor of 2. The increased resistance to dispersion of the latter was maintained even after sodium saturation. The results are used to show that differences in the dispersion of the natural aggregates in water are due primarily to the composition of the cations on the exchange sites, including aluminium. Shepparton aggregates of known ESP were wetted with water at 12 cm suction. Compared with calcium or magnesium aggregates, there was a marked further water uptake by magnesium-sodium aggregates for ESP > 3 and for calcium-sodium aggregates for ESP >9. The subsequent dispersion in water of such aggregates was much less than that of aggregates treated in the standard way. It is suggested that the spontaneous dispersion of clay from a wet aggregate of low ESP immersed in water depends on the gradient of the soluble salt concentration at the boundary of the intact portion of the aggregate, as well as the actual concentration.



Soil Research ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
BM Tucker

The examination of a range of soil profiles showed that both primary and conditional exchangeable calcium, magnesium and sodium are present in all the soils, but the proportions of these subsets vary widely. There are some general correlations with profile form, and it is likely that the partition of these exchangeable cations will prove useful in studying the properties and behaviour of soils. Potassium differs from the other three cations in its exchange reactions-it is present almost entirely in the conditional subset-and it requires an additional exchange reagent to partition it successfully.



2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Amir Jayani ◽  
Zulman Efendi ◽  
Devi Silsia

This study aims to gain influence the thickness and concentration variations affect the characteristics of sago binder physical properties of catfish jerky. As well as getting influence the thickness and concentration variations affect the level of binder sago joy panelists in terms of organoleptic test. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance using the Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA). If there is a significant difference followed by a further test of DMRT 5% level (physical properties). While the hedonic test performed using Kruskal Wallis analysis. Results uniformity analysis (ANOVA) showed catfish fillet thickness and concentration of sago affect the physical properties of the water content and the level of violence. Where catfish jerky using sago binder 5% and 10% significantly different. The use of sago binder 5% and 10% led to an increase in water content. Besides the addition of the binder resulted in increasing levels of violence catfish jerky. Based on the statistics found that the influence of the thickness and concentration of the binder sago aroma, flavor and color of the sixth jerky catfish were not significantly different. But the texture was significantly different.



Author(s):  
Usha Choudhary ◽  
Meenaxi Sareen ◽  
Anil Moolchandani

The present study was carried out to evaluate the variations in serum minerals ( viz. calcium, magnesium and phosphorus) and transaminases in ketotic buffaloes. Results of blood analysis revealed a significant (P<0.05) reduction in serum phosphorus in ketotic buffaloes whereas nonsignificant (P>0.05) difference occur in serum calcium and magnesium in ketotic buffaloes as compared to control. At the same time significant increase in transaminases GPT, GOT and GGT have been observed .



1936 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-475
Author(s):  
W. A. Riddell

Determinations of the Ca, Mg, Na, K, P and Cl content were made and the ratios of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus oxides suggest the presence of calcium and magnesium metaphosphates in the ash of the flesh, calcium metaphosphate in that from the skin and tribasic calcium orthophosphate in that from the bone.



2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 3150-3154
Author(s):  
Jian She Yang ◽  
Ying Ding

Abstract: Calcium and magnesium contents of sludge composting are measured by using the method of ammonium acetate-EDTA complex metric titration here, through Fermentation accelerant and increased nutrient agent treatments. The results showed as following: 1, exchangeable Ca and Mg contents of sludge single treatment increased more 6.83% and5.12% at the end of composting, than at the beginning of composting. 2, Fermentation accelerant added in sludge from 8% to 40%,,the exchangeable calcium and magnesium are more 4.38% ~ 10.58% and 6.77% ~ 13.78% at the end of composting than at the beginning of composting. The exchangeable Ca increased 19.51% ~ 104.83%, but 6.05% of a decreased trend for exchangeable magnesium, Compared with the sludge single compost. 3, as increasing the amount of nutrient agent from 30% to 50%, the exchangeable calcium and magnesium are more 3.88%~7.75%and 5.24%~9.18% at the end of composting than at the beginning of composting. The exchangeable Ca increased in 11.35%~41.13%,but 49%~-3.96% of a decreased trend for exchangeable magnesium, Compared with the sludge single compost. 4, under the condition added 24% of the Fermentation accelerant agent to the sludge, as the Increased nutrient agents from 8% to 32%, the exchangeable calcium and magnesium measured are increased 2.63%~5.54%and3.6%~4.19% at the end of composting , compared with The beginning of composting. The exchangeable Ca increased in 52.34%~112.04%,but -10.15%~-15.59% for exchangeable magnesium, Compared with the sludge single compost.



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