用电导频散法研究Cl-、SO2-4和H2PO-4阴离子与土壤的相互作用

本文介绍了采用电导频散装置测量分别含有10-4mol/L HCl、5×10-5mol/LH2SO4和10-4mol/L H3PO4的黄棕壤、棕壤、黑土和砖红壤悬液(20-30g/kg)的电导频散曲线,频散曲线上均呈现频率范围相当宽的坪区.频散曲线的特性分析结果表明,黄棕壤和棕壤在3种酸溶液中的始散频率(0.6-1kHz)低于黑土悬液(16-28kHz),而砖红壤的始散频率最高(25-47kHz);Cl-、SO2-4和H2PO-4离子与4种土壤的相对亲合力(REC1.5/REC2-1)顺序为Cl-＜SO2-4＜H2PO-4,在不同土壤之间的顺序则随酸溶液而异.     

用电导频散法研究Cl-、SO42-和H2PO4-阴离子与土壤的相互作用

本文介绍了采用电导频散装置测量分别含有10^-4mol/LHCl、5×10^-5mol/L H₂SO₄和10^-4mol/L H₃PO₄的黄棕壤、棕壤、黑土和砖红壤悬液(20-30g/kg)的电导频散曲线,频散曲线上均呈现频率范围相当宽的坪区,频散曲线的特性分析结果表明,黄棕壤和棕壤在3种酸溶液中的始散频率(0.6-1kHz)低于黑土悬液(16-28kHz),而砖红壤的始散频率最高(25-47kHz;Cl^-、SO₄^2-和H₂PO₄^-离子与4种土壤的相对亲合力(REC_1.5/REC_tp-1)顺序为Cl^- < SO₄^2- < H₂PO₄^-,在不同土壤之间的顺序则随酸溶液而异.     

不同浸提剂以及保存方法对土壤矿质氮测定的影响

为探明影响土壤矿质氮测定的因素,从棕壤、潮土和黄棕壤3种类型土壤中各采集10个经不同施肥处理的土样,用连续流动注射分析仪测定经不同浸提剂以及不同保存方法处理后土样的NO3-N和NH4-N含量。结果表明:不论是棕壤、潮土还是黄棕壤,2 mol.L?1 KCl提取硝态氮的数量与0.01 mol.L?1 CaCl2提取的数量相关性均达到P<0.01水平;3种土壤各个土样硝态氮含量的测定值多表现为新鲜土<冷冻土<风干土;将鲜样浸提后作短时间的冷冻处理,其效果与鲜样24 h内的测定结果较接近;土样不同保存方式以及浸提液的保存时间对3种土壤NH4-N测定结果的影响规律不及NO3-N明显。     

离子强度对铁质砖红壤铜离子连续解吸的影响

研究了昆明铁质砖红壤中水吸附性铜离子依次在包括去离子水在内的浓度从低到高的Na NO3溶液中连续解吸时,电解质浓度和有机质去除对不同p H段铜离子解吸率的影响。结果表明,当铁质砖红壤中水吸附性铜离子依次在去离子水、0.01 mol L-1Na NO3、0.1 mol L-1Na NO3及1 mol L-1Na NO3中连续解吸时,去离子水和Na NO3溶液对铁质砖红壤p H-铜离子解吸率曲线形状影响截然不同。在去离子水中解吸时,解吸率曲线表现为单调下降,当解吸平衡液p H达到5.3左右时,铜离子解吸率降至基本为零,且解吸次数不影响这一规律;在Na NO3溶液中解吸时,除1 mol L-1者外,对于0.01 mol L-1和0.1 mol L-1者,铜离子解吸率曲线均在p H4.4~4.6之间出现解吸峰。部分去除有机质对解吸率的整体变化趋势并无根本影响。研究结果表明,土壤中吸附性铜离子可在去离子水中解吸的原因与双电层重叠以及离子强度降低导致土壤表面对铜离子解吸势增加有关,而解吸峰产生的可能原因与在不同p H段,体系p H对铁质砖红壤中吸持铜离子的羟基化比例和表面电荷性质的综合影响有关。     

土-水体系中电导频散的影响因素

用红壤、赤红壤和砖红壤3种土壤胶体,测定胶体悬液在不同频率时的电导和直流电导,用以观察频散现象。结果表明,各种胶体的电导频散能力因土壤类型而异,红壤最强,赤红壤次之,砖红壤最弱。呈现明显频散所需要的频率,红壤和赤红壤为10千赫左右,砖红壤约为100千赫。可变电荷土壤的类型对电导频散的影响与土壤胶体所带的电荷总量密切相关。对于同一种胶体,悬液相对电导率(某一频率时的电导率与300赫时的电导率之比)随胶体浓度的增加而变大。红壤悬液在各种电解质存在时的电导频散曲线的形状不同,其中KCl者为一斜上直线,Ca(NO₃)₂,和CaCl₂,者则为上翘的曲线。在1到100千赫之间,频散的顺序为:KCl>Ca(NO₃)₂>CaCl₂。呈现明显频散所需要的频率,对KCl者为1千赫左右,Ca(NO₃)₂者约为10千赫,CaCl₂者高达100千赫左右。在同一频率下,红壤胶体悬液的相对电导率随KCl溶液浓度的增加(10^-5—10^-3mol/L)而减小。     

草酸/草酸盐对森林暗棕壤的磷释放效应

模拟森林凋落物淋洗液中的草酸/草酸盐浓度范围,设计了不同浓度草酸/草酸盐溶液一次性浸提和多次连续浸提系列实验,其中的草酸(阴离子)载荷量为0~200 mmol kg-1。结果表明,草酸能显著促进暗棕壤A1层(腐殖质层)磷的释放,土壤磷溶出量随草酸溶液浓度升高而线性增加;但对B层土壤磷的释放效应相对较弱,草酸浓度低于5mmol L-1时B层磷的释放不明显。pH 5.16草酸钠溶液比相同浓度的草酸溶液具有更高的解磷效率,在设置二者浓度为0.5~20.0 mmol L-1时,前者的解磷量是后者的1.51~2.98倍,推断草酸盐溶液或凋落物淋洗液中草酸(盐)类物质促进暗棕壤磷释放的主要机理在于草酸阴离子(C2O42-)配位反应。草酸盐对暗棕壤磷的释放效应具有一定累加性,土壤磷释放量主要由草酸阴离子累积载荷量决定,而与其加入方式(多次或一次性)关系不大;当以pH5.16草酸钠溶液加入时,土壤磷释放量Y(mgkg-1)与草酸阴离子累积载荷量X(mmol kg-1)间的回归方程为Y=-0.000 4X2 0.176 6X 0.425 3,R2=0.990 2。仅以凋落物层溶出的草酸(阴离子)量进行估计,由此增加的A1层土壤磷释放量达2.40 kg hm-2a-1,大约相当于中龄林年吸收磷量的1/3~1/5,因此其实际作用是不可忽视的。     

外源钾对三种不同土壤钾转化影响的研究

采用盆栽试验,在黄棕壤,砖红壤,黑土三种土壤上种植烟草,研究了外源钾对土壤中钾转化的影响,结果表明:在黄棕壤,黑土上,0.0-0.8 g kg-1施肥范围内,随着施钾量的增加,土壤中速效钾和缓效钾的总增量、作物的含钾量均在增加,尤其是在0.8 g kg-1施肥水平时,二者超出了施肥的增加量,说明施钾促进了其它钾的释放;三种土壤中粘土矿物含量为:黑土>黄棕壤>砖红壤。     

黄棕壤添加重金属的毒性评价及其临界浓度确定

在连续盆栽水稻、小麦的过程中研究了加入黄棕壤的Cu、Cd、Pb的毒性(发光细菌法)。结果表明,当以水提取黄棕壤中三元素,浓度低,不显毒性,这与水提取红壤的结果相反;当以0.1mol L^-1HCI提取黄棕壤中三元素,则浓度明显提高而显示毒性。在相关显著水平P=0.001的基础上建立了土壤金属浓度与剩余发光度(毒性指标)优化拟合方程。规定含金属土壤的临界剩余发光度为90%(EC₁₀)。据此,估算出黄棕壤中Pb、Cu、Cd的临界浓度(μg/g土)分别为:488-587,17.8-25.3,2.11-2.12。     

快速湿润过程中钾和钙离子浓度对土壤团聚体稳定性的影响

为探索土壤团聚体稳定性对电解质的响应情况,该文研究湖北省2种土地利用方式下(林地、耕地)的3种类型土壤(黄褐土、黄棕壤、棕红壤)团聚体,在不同浓度(0、0.005、0.01、0.02、0.05、0.08、0.10、0.20 mol/L)电解质(KNO_3、Ca(NO_3)_2)溶液中快速湿润时的稳定性和破碎过程。结果表明:1)浓度低于0.1 mol/L时,团聚体稳定性随电解质浓度增大而减小;2)团聚体稳定度AS随湿润时间呈双指数衰减,与纯水相比,棕红壤和林地黄褐土的破碎过程受电解质溶液影响尤为显著,黄褐土和耕地黄棕壤在电解质溶液中迅速全部破碎;3)初始阶段团聚体破碎能量与土壤粉粘比和有机质含量呈负相关,与铁铝氧化物含量呈正相关。总之,团聚体稳定性随电解质溶液浓度增大而减小,且相对于纯水,团聚体在电解质溶液中破碎更快。     

EDTA对Cu污染农田土壤的淋洗实验研究

为了解鄂西南地区土壤铜的赋存形态及其污染修复,采用Tessier连续提取法测定土壤铜的赋存形态,采用振荡淋洗法研究了乙二胺四乙酸二钠(EDTA)在提取时间、淋洗浓度、固液比、p H等四个因素作用下对重金属铜(Cu)去除效果的影响。结果表明:农田土壤中铜的赋存形态依次表现为残渣态(4.26 mg kg-1)铁锰氧化物结合态(3.29 mg kg-1)硫化物及有机结合态(2.29 mg kg-1)可交换态(2.10 mg kg-1)碳酸盐结合态(1.63 mg kg-1);在EDTA修复Cu高污染土壤时,单因素实验分析表明当提取时间、淋洗浓度、固液比、p H分别为18 h、0.01 mol L-1、1∶10和7时为最佳实验条件,最佳单因素组合后对Cu的去除率为20.14%,将之应用于农田土壤,重金属Cu的去除率略有降低,可达18.29%。EDTA对土壤Cu处理前后对其赋存形态分析表明,土壤中重金属Cu交换态、碳酸盐结合态和铁锰氧化物结合态去除效果明显,但不能有效去除土壤中有机及硫化物态和残渣态。     

电析土壤微粒悬浮液的维恩(Wien)效应及其影响因子

The electrical conductivity of suspensions and their supernatants from the electrodialyzed clay fractions of latosol, yellow-brown soil and black soil equilibrated with nitrate solutions were determined at different field strengths using a short high-voltage pulse apparatus to demonstrate the Wien effect in soil suspensions and to investigate factors affecting it. It was found that Wien effect was much stronger in suspensions with a clay content of 30 g kg-1 from the soils equilibrated with a 1 × 10-4 KNO3 solution than in their supernatants.The threshold field strength (TFS), at which the relative conductivity is equal to 1.05, i.e., the Wien effect begins to be obvious, of the yellow-brown soil suspensions (clay content of 30 g kg-1) equilibrated with different nitrate solutions of a concentration of 1 × 10-4/z mol L-1 , where z is the valence, varied with the type of nitrates, being lowest for NaNO3 (47 kV cm-1) and highest for Ca(NO3)2 (98 kV cm-1). At high field strengths (larger than 130 kV cm-1), the relative conductivities of yellow-brown soil suspensions containing different nitrates diminished in the order: NaNO3 ＞ KNO3 ＞ Mg(NO3)2 ＞ Zn(NO3)2 ＞ Ca(NO3)2. The rates and intensities of the Wien effect in the suspensions of the three soils equilibrated with 5 × 10-5 molL-1 Ca(NO3)2 solution were in the order of the yellow-brown soil ＞ the latosol ＞ the black soil. The results for the yellow-brown soil suspensions (clay concentration of 30 g kg-1) equilibrated with KNO3 solutions of various concentrations clearly demonstrated that the more dilute the solution, the lower the TFS, and the larger the relative conductivity of the suspensions at high field strengths. The results for yellow-brown soil suspensions with different clay concentrations indicated that as the clay concentration increased, the low field electrical conductivity, EC0, also increased, but the TFS decreased, and the Wien effect increased.     

陕西省农田土壤硫含量空间变异特征及亏缺评价

陕西省 13种耕地土壤 30 5个表层 (0～ 2 0cm)土壤样点分析结果表明 :该省土壤全硫和用0 0 1molL-1Ca(H2 PO4) 2 浸提的有效硫含量分别为 33～ 76 9mgkg-1(均值 36 0mgkg-1)和 4 6～ 15 7 3mgkg-1(均值 2 9 3mgkg-1) ,其中黑垆土 (普通干润均腐土 )、绵砂土 (灌淤湿润砂质新成土 )的有效硫平均含量最低。土壤全硫具有中等空间相关性 ,有效硫空间相关性较差。土壤全硫和有效硫分布具有渐变性 ,其最大相关距离分别为 5 31km和 34km。全硫以较大区域变异为主 ;有效硫以小区域变异为特征。陕西省耕地土壤有效硫含量低于硫亏缺临界值 (18 5mgkg-1)的占总面积的 13 9% ,相当于 5 3 7万hm2 农田缺硫。陕西省中部地区 ,尤其是延安西部地区土壤硫亏缺风险较大     

不同水稻品种根尖吸收NO3-过程中表皮细胞膜电位变化特征

越来越多的结果表明给水稻提供部分硝酸盐营养可促进水稻的氮素总吸收量并明显改善水稻的生长发育。利用微电极技术分别测定了4个水稻品种即农垦57(粳稻)、泗优917(杂粳)、扬稻6号(籼稻)和汕优63(杂籼)幼苗根尖表皮细胞在3种NO3^-浓度(0．1mmol L^-1、1mmol L^-1、10mmol L^-1)处理过程中膜电位的变化特征。结果表明：水稻根系吸收NO3^-引起膜的去极化，去极化到一定程度出现复极化。去极化程度随外界处理液中NO3^-浓度的增加而加强，0．1mmol L^-1 NO3^-处理产生的去极化值平均为7mV，1mmol L^-1 NO3^-处理的平均为11mV，10mmol L^-1 NO3^-处理的平均为21mV；就复极化来说，0．1mmol L^-1 NO3^-处理自动出现复极化，1mmol L^-1 NO3^-处理和处理10mmol L^-1 NO3^-处理只有当除去NO3^-时才出现复极化。就单位时间膜电位变化大小而言，扬稻6号对外界NO3^-较敏感，3种NO3^-浓度引起的去极化值均高于其他3个品种，表现出对NO3^-的吸收能力较强；泗优917和汕优63表现出相似的去极化大小和相似的反应时间，而农垦57对NO3^-相对不敏感，3种NO3^-浓度引起的去极化值均低于其他3个品种，表现出对NO3^-的吸收能力较弱。另外，有部分品种的水稻根在吸收NO3^-以后表现为膜电位先超极化后去极化。上述结果表明用根系对NO3^-响应的细胞膜电位变化来研究水稻的硝酸盐营养是有可行性的。     

设施蔬菜土壤剖面氮磷钾积累及对地下水的影响

针对设施栽培中传统施肥灌溉带来的养分浪费和环境污染问题,采集河北省定州市设施蔬菜、农田土样及相应的地下水样品,分析了不同设施蔬菜种植年限土壤剖面中速效养分的累积规律及地下水受硝酸盐污染的程度。结果表明:0～200cm和0～400cm设施土壤的速效养分累积均高于对照农田。低龄棚硝态氮、速效磷、速效钾及水溶性磷含量分别为377.2mg·kg-1、448.8mg·kg-1、1405.6mg·kg-1、30.6mg·kg-1,分别是对照农田的4.7倍、4.6倍、1.4倍和11.5倍;老龄棚硝态氮、速效磷、速效钾及水溶性磷含量分别为629.1mg·kg-1、555.0mg·kg-1、2567.1mg·kg-1、35.2mg·kg-1,分别为对照农田的6.4倍、16.3倍、2.7倍和12.0倍。设施土壤速效养分深层累积比例随棚龄增加而增加。设施蔬菜栽培区表层地下水(地下饮用水,20m)受硝态氮污染严重,超标率和严重超标率为39.3%和7.1%;而深层地下水(农田和大棚灌溉水,40m)硝态氮含量7.4mg·L-1和9.6mg·L-1,超标率分别为25.0%和37.5%,无严重超标水样。     

旱地土壤微生物磷测定方法研究

介绍了国外关于土壤微生物磷测定方法的研究进展 ,讨论了常用的几种方法所存在的问题 ,介绍了主要操作过程要求。对我国 5种主要母质类型的土壤 (pH 3 .3～ 7.4,1molL- 1KCl)的对比研究表明 ,我国土壤采用氯仿熏蒸、0 .5molL- 1NaHCO3在 1∶2 0土水比提取测定无机磷 (Pi)、并以同时测得的培养土壤微生物的磷的回收率作为计算常数得到的结果最佳。测定的大多数南方土壤的微生物磷占土壤全磷的比例小于 1 .5 % ,微生物碳磷比值大于 3 0∶1 ,反映南方土壤磷的生物活性较低 ,土壤微生物对磷的作物供应调节能力不强。     

成都平原农区地下水中NO3--N含量变化规律研究

采用硝酸根电极法对成都平原温江县天府乡农区田间和水井的地下水NO-3 N含量进行了一年多的连续测定 ,探讨了该农区地下水中NO-3 N的变化规律和氮肥用量的影响。结果表明 :(1)田间地下水NO-3 N含量周年变化规律是冬春枯水季较高 ,且变幅较大 (0 3 6～ 2 62mgL- 1) ,平均值为 2 59mgL- 1;夏秋丰水季较低 ,且变幅较小 (0 84～ 5 48mgL- 1) ,平均值为 1 10mgL- 1。 (2 )前作麦季氮肥施用量 ,对稻季地下水中NO-3 N含量有明显影响 ,当前作施纯氮达 3 75kghm- 2 时 ,稻季地下水NO-3 N含量最高达 3 4 6mgL- 1,其平均值为 17 97mgL- 1,是施纯氮 150kghm- 2 平均值 1 3 0mgL- 1的 13 7倍。 (3 )井水中NO-3 N含量变化幅度为 0 14～ 16 53mgL- 1,3口井水平均值分别为 2 54、3 60、6 52mgL- 1,未超出我国生活饮用水卫生标准 ,但明显高于灌溉水NO-3 N含量的平均值 1 81mgL- 1。 (4)地下水位的高低与井水中NO-3 N含量没有线性关系     

酸性土壤磷分级新方法建立与生物学评价

土壤磷分级方法可用于估算土壤有效磷数量、不同土壤磷组分库数量及其对土壤有效磷的补充能力。以云南赤红壤、黄红壤及湖北棕红壤为供试材料,运用张守敬方法、蒋柏藩方法及本文提出的新方法,对三种酸性土壤和其石灰改良后的土壤磷进行分级研究,探讨石灰改良对酸性土壤磷组分数量及其生物有效性的影响。结果表明:Ca2-P、Al-P和Fe-P是酸性土壤主要的有效磷源,O-P(闭蓄态磷)也是潜在有效磷源,土壤中活性有机磷库相对比较稳定,可转化为高活性有效磷源供植物吸收利用。与两种经典磷分级方法相比,新方法将O-P划分为O-Al-P和O-Fe-P,O-Fe-P较好地反映了石灰处理与对照之间的土壤磷植物有效性差异。     

Parameterization and regionalization of Cd sorption characteristics of sandy soils. I. Freundlich type parameters

Cd sorption isotherms (n = 24) were established for arable, sandy soils of the ‘Fuhrberger Feld’ catchment area northeast of Hannover (Germany) using 0.01 M_c Ca(NO₃)₂ solution with Cd additions ranging from 0 to 44 μM_c Cd. Alternative fractions of initially (prior to analysis) sorbed Cd (S₀) were added to the amount sorbed during the experiments. The Freundlich equation was fitted to the resulting isotherms. The obtained retention parameters k and M varied with respect to the different S₀ fractions. Isotherms corrected with Cd_EDTA as S₀ fraction were nonlinear in their log-form. The highest degree of log-linearity is obtained if S₀ is characterized by 40% of the agua regia extractable Cd. The corresponding k values ranged from 36 to 1275 g^1-M L^M kg^?1 (mean 338 g^1-M L^M kg^?1, cv = 92%). The Freundlich exponent M showed less variation (0.7 to 1.1, cv = 12%) with a mean of 0.88. Functions based on these parameters predicted Cd concentrations in Ca(NO₃)₂?soil suspensions well (r² = 0.96) but were hardly related to Cd concentrations of ‘fresh’ soil solutions (r² = 0.20).     

动力学模型在土壤钾素释放特征描述中的运用及其与化学方法提取的钾素之间的相关性研究

Potassium (K) release characteristics in soil play a significant role in supplying available K. Information on K-release characteristics in soils of central Iran is limited. The objectives of this study were to determine K release characteristics and correlations of K release rate constants with K extracted by different chemical methods in surface soils of ten calcareous soils of central Iran. The kinetics of K release in the soils was determined by successive extraction with 0.01 mol L^-1 CaCl₂ in a period of 2--2 017 h at 25±1 ^oC. Soil K was extracted by distilled water, 0.5 mol L-1 MgNO₃, 0.002 mol L^-1 SrCl₂, 0.1 mol L^-1 BaCl₂, 0.01 mol L^-1 CaCl₂, 1 mol L^-1 NaCl, 1 mol L^-1 boiling HNO₃, 1 mol L^-1 NH₄OAC, Mehlich 1, 0.002 mol L^-1 SrCl₂ 0.05 mol L^-1 citric acid, and ammonium bicarbonate-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (AB-DTPA). A plot of cumulative amounts of K released showed a discontinuity in slope at 168 h. Thus, two equations were applied to two segments of the total reaction time (2--168 and 168--2017 h). Cumulative amounts of K released ranged from 55 to 299 mg kg^-1 in 2--168 h and from 44 to 119 mg kg^-1 in 168--2 017 h. Release kinetics of K in the two time segments conformed fairly well to parabolic diffusion, simplified Elovich, and power function models. There was a wide variation in the K release rate constants. Increasingly higher average concentrations of soil K were extracted by distilled water, Mehlich 1, SrCl₂, CaCl₂, SrCl₂ + citric acid, AB-DTPA, MgNO₃, NaCl, NH₄OAc, BaCl₂ and HNO₃. Potassium release rate constants were significantly correlated with K extracted. The results of this study showed that information obtained from mathematical modeling in two reaction time segments can help to estimate the K-supplying power of soils.     

Comparison of Factors Affecting Soil Nitrate Nitrogen and Ammonium Nitrogen Extraction

Extraction of soil nitrate nitrogen (NO₃ ^?-N) and ammonium nitrogen (NH₄ ⁺-N) by chemical reagents and their determinations by continuous flow analysis were used to ascertain factors affecting analysis of soil mineral N. In this study, six factors affecting extraction of soil NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N were investigated in 10 soils sampled from five arable fields in autumn and spring in northwestern China, with three replications for each soil sample. The six factors were air drying, sieve size (1, 3, and 5 mm), extracting solution [0.01 mol L^?1 calcium chloride (CaCl₂), 1 mol L^?1 potassium chloride (KCl), and 0.5 mol L^?1 potassium sulfate (K₂SO₄)] and concentration (0.5, 1, and 2 mol L^?1 KCl), solution-to-soil ratio (5:1, 10:1, and 20:1), shaking time (30, 60, and 120 min), storage time (2, 4, and 6 weeks), and storage temperature (?18 ^oC, 4 ^oC, and 25 ^oC) of extracted solution. The recovery of soil NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N was also measured to compare the differences of three extracting reagents (CaCl₂, KCl, and K₂SO₄) for NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N extraction. Air drying decreased NO₃ ^?-N but increased NH₄ ⁺-N concentration in soil. Soil passed through a 3-mm sieve and shaken for 60 min yielded greater NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N concentrations compared to other treatments. The concentrations of extracted NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N in soil were significantly (P < 0.05) affected by extracting reagents. KCl was found to be most suitable for NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N extraction, as it had better recovery for soil mineral N extraction, which averaged 113.3% for NO₃ ^?-N and 94.9% for NH₄ ⁺-N. K₂SO₄ was not found suitable for NO₃ ^?-N extraction in soil, with an average recovery as high as 137.0%, and the average recovery of CaCl₂ was only 57.3% for NH₄ ⁺-N. For KCl, the concentration of extracting solution played an important role, and 0.5 mol L^?1 KCl could fully extract NO₃ ^?-N. A ratio of 10:1 of solution to soil was adequate for NO₃ ^?-N extraction, whereas the NH₄ ⁺-N concentration was almost doubled when the solution-to-soil ratio was increased from 5:1 to 20:1. Storage of extracted solution at ?18 °C, 4 °C, and 25 °C had no significant effect (P < 0.05) on NO₃ ^?-N concentration, whereas the NH₄ ⁺-N concentration varied greatly with storage temperature. Storing the extracted solution at ?18 ^oC obtained significantly (P < 0.05) similar results with that determined immediately for both NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N concentrations. Compared with the immediate extraction, the averaged NO₃ ^?-N concentration significantly (P < 0.05) increased after storing 2, 4, and 6 weeks, respectively, whereas NH₄ ⁺-N varied in the two seasons. In conclusion, using fresh soil passed through a 3-mm sieve and extracted by 0.5 mol L^?1 KCl at a solution-to-soil ratio of 10:1 was suitable for extracting NO₃ ^?-N, whereas the concentration of extracted NH₄ ⁺-N varied with KCl concentration and increased with increasing solution-to-soil ratio. The findings also suggest that shaking for 60 min and immediate determination or storage of soil extract at ?18 ^oC could improve the reliability of NO₃ ^?-N and NH₄ ⁺-N results.