Cadmium Sorption and Desorption Characteristics of Tropical Alfisols from Different Land Uses

Cadmium (Cd) sorption and desorption characteristics by Alfisols from different land uses were examined, and the relationships between soil and sorption/desorption characteristics were investigated. Adsorption studies were done using Cd concentrations (0–100 mg Cd kg^?1) in 0.01 M CaCl₂. The Cd sorbed by the soils was then subjected to two desorption runs. The soils' adsorption conformed to Freundlich and Langmuir equations. The amount of Cd sorbed by the soils varied. Two desorption runs detached more than 95% of sorbed Cd, but the first accounted for more than 80% of the total. Desorption of Cd in degraded soils was more than in soils from other land uses. The amount of Cd desorbed correlated with amount applied (r = 0.90??), solution concentration (r = 0.83??), and amount sorbed (r = 0.70??). A positive relationship exists between the adsorption maxima of the soils and soil organic matter (r = 0.13, p = 0.87). The relationship between amount of Cd desorbed and sorbed is quadratic for all the soil.     

Formulation of a first-order kinetic model and release of added phosphorus in a savanna soil

Adsorption–desorption of added phosphorus (P) was studied in a batch experiment using anion-exchange resin. Total P sorbed by adding 400 mg P kg^?1 by Nigerian soil ranged from 10.8 mg kg^?1 in the Idofian Basement complex to 35.5 mg kg^?1 in Alkaleri Sandstone, representing 3 and 9% of applied P. Phosphorus release kinetics was apparently described by the first-order, second-order, Elovich, parabolic diffusion and fractional power equations, but not in soils derived from sandstone. The mechanism underlying the release pattern was concluded to be dissolution followed by diffusion of sorbed P from the good fit to the Elovich and parabolic diffusion equations. The inability to clearly relate the P sorbed by the soil to OH^- and SO₄ ^2- released into the soil solution during the adsorption process further corroborated the above conclusion, thereby overruling the possibility of ligand exchange as a dominant mechanism in the sorption/desorption of P in these soils.     

Correlation of solution and extractable phosphorus with vegetative growth of teff

Abstract

Three soils, Hiwassee loam (clayey, kaolinitic, thermic, Typic Rhodudults), Vaiden clay (very fine, montmorillonitic, thermic, Vertic Hapludalfs) and Marvyn sand (fine, loamy, siliceous, thermic, Typic Hapludults), were used in this study. Phosphorus sorption and desorption isotherms of the soils were determined in the laboratory. Average P sorption maximum (b) was calculated using the Langmuir isotherm equation. Based on the P sorption capacity, each soil was fertilized with different P rates and teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc)] was grown in the greenhouse. The amount of P sorbed and desorbed increased as the concentration of equilibrating solution P increased. Phosphorus sorption maximum from sorption and desorption isotherms was 278, 251, and 37 mg P/kg for Hiwassee, Vaiden, and Marvyn soils, respectively, and for maximum dry matter yield of teff the soils needed a minimum of 0.029, 0.048, and 0.065 mg/L soil solution P, respectively, which were all below the soil solution P at P adsorption maximum.

Soil P was extracted by the Mehlich I, Mehlich III, modified Mississippi, Bray P‐l and Olsen methods. Plant‐available P extracted by each of the five methods was significantly correlated with teff dry matter yield, and statistically any of the five methods can be used as the basis for predicting teff yield responses.     

The effect of soil flooding on the transformation of Fe oxides and the adsorption/desorption behavior of phosphate

As repeatedly reported, soil flooding improves the availability of P to rice. This is in contrast with an increased P sorption in paddy soils. The effects of soil flooding on the transformation of Fe oxides and the adsorption/desorption of P of two paddy soils of Zhejiang Province in Southeast‐China were studied in anaerobic incubation experiments (submerging with water in N₂ atmosphere). Soil flooding significantly increased oxalate‐extractable Fe (Fe_ox), mainly at the expense of dithionite‐soluble Fe (Fe_DCB), as well as oxalate‐extractable P (P_ox), but decreased the ratio of P_ox/Fe_ox. Flooding largely increased both, P adsorption and the maximum P adsorption capacity. The majority of newly sorbed P in the soils was P_ox, but also more newly retained P was found to be not extractable by oxalate. Flooding also changed the characteristics of P desorption in the soils. Due to a decrease of the saturation index of the P sorption capacity, P adsorbed by flooded soils was much less desorbable than that from non‐flooded soils. There are obviously significant differences in the nature of both, the Fe_ox and P_ox fractions under non‐flooded and flooded conditions. The degree of the changes in Fe_ox, P_ox, P adsorption and P desorption by flooding depended on the contents of amorphous and total Fe oxides in non‐flooded soils. Our results confirm that the adsorption and desorption behavior of P in paddy soils is largely controlled by the transformation of the Fe oxides. The reasons of the often‐reported improved P availability to rice induced by flooding, in spite of the unfavorable effect on P desorbability, are discussed.     

Phosphate sorption by calcareous Vertisols and Inceptisols as evaluated from extended P-sorption curves

The plant availability of phosphate applied to calcareous soils is affected by precipitation and adsorption reactions, the relative significance of which is not well known. We used extended P-sorption curves obtained at phosphate addition rates up to 340 mmol P kg^?1 soil to examine the relative contribution of precipitation and adsorption by 24 calcareous Spanish Vertisols and Inceptisols. Adsorption was dominant at 1 day and at small rates of addition (10–35 mmol P kg^?1). With increasing clay and Fe and Al oxides contents of the soil, more phosphate was sorbed before the sorption curve bent upwards, as a result of Ca phosphate precipitation. Sorption curves showed a nearly vertical intermediate region, the length of which increased with time, suggesting that a Ca phosphate buffered the concentration of P in solution. The buffering concentration decreased with time, suggesting a progressive transformation of more to less soluble forms of Ca phosphate. A phase less soluble than octacalcium phosphate seemed to control the concentration of P in solution at 180 days in most soils. The apparent solubility of this phase decreased with increasing carbonate content in the soil. Precipitation of poorly soluble Ca phosphates apparently predominated up to a P addition dose ranging from about 30 mmol P kg^?1 in some soils to more than 340 mmol P kg^?1 in others. At larger doses, the way additional P was bound to the solid phase was different; phosphate was probably adsorbed, at least in part, to low-affinity sites on silicate clays and oxides. The proportion of sorbed phosphate that was isotopically exchangeable decreased with time, soil carbonate content and P addition dose for doses <100 mmol P kg^?1. This is consistent with the idea that P in Ca phosphates is less isotopically exchangeable than P adsorbed on mineral surfaces. At larger additions of P, isotopic exchangeability was unrelated to the soil properties measured, probably because there was a variety of sorbed P forms influenced in turn by different soil components.     

Adsorption and Desorption of Exogenous Rare Earth Elements in Soils:Ⅰ. Rate and Forms of Rare Earth Elements Sorbed

Adsorption and desorption of exogenous rare earth elements (REE) in soils were studied.Results showed that soils had strong adsorbability for REE and the rate of adsorption of REE was over 95% of the added REE in these tests.The characteristics of adsorption isotherms corresponded well with the both Freundlich and Temkin equations,but deviated from the Langmuir equation.The adsorption of REE tended to increase with the rising of soil pH.A sequential extraction method used for studing the desorption and distribution of REE sorbed in soils are also discussed.     

Short-term phosphorus sorption and desorption in contrasting cropped Vertisols

Vertisols are important cropping soils in tropical and subtropical areas, but in many regions, decades of cropping has substantially reduced concentrations of plant-available phosphorus (P), especially in the subsoil layers. Phosphorus behaviour in P-depleted Vertisols has received comparatively little attention, and the availability of P following the addition of inorganic P fertilisers at different concentrations is poorly understood. In this study, we evaluated short-term P sorption and desorption behaviour in cropped Vertisols in relation to specific soil physical and chemical properties. We collected the surface and subsurface of 15 Australian soils with a broad range of physical and chemical properties, comprising nine Vertisols, three Ferralsols, two Lixisols and one Calcisol. For each soil, we generated sorption and desorption curves (fitted with a Freundlich equation), determined soil physical and chemical properties likely to influence P sorption and evaluated the relationships between the measured soil properties and the Freundlich equation sorption coefficients. The P sorption curves differed drastically between soils, with the sorption equation coefficients (a_S × b) significantly correlated with the P buffering index (PBI) and clay content. Clay content itself was correlated with citrate-extractable Fe and Al oxides and BET surface area. Vertisols formed on basaltic parent materials had greater Fe and Al oxide concentrations, resulting in an overall greater P sorption capacity. Sorption and desorption hysteresis were mostly small. The reacting materials in these soils probably had limited ability to continue to react with P. The Vertisols differed in their capacity to replenish P in the soil solution by desorbing different proportions of previously sorbed P, although the proportion of desorbable P generally increased with greater concentrations of sorbed P. These results suggest that for fertiliser management in these soils, smaller volumes of P enrichment combined with higher P concentrations may result in a greater P recovery by the crop.     

Sorption and desorption of selenium in different soils of the mediterranean area

Abstract

The adsorption of selenium (Se) in the selenate form and its desorption by phosphate in four soils with different physiochemical properties were studied in the laboratory. To determine adsorption isotherms for selenate 25 mL of solutions containing 1 to 100 ppm of Se were added to 2.5 g of soil. Desorption isotherms were determined by resuspending the samples in phosphate solution. The selenate sorption process was adequately described by the Freundlich equation. In pine forest and woodland soils, characterized by the highest organic matter content and cation exchange capacity (CEC) values, the isotherms were classified as L type, since the amount of Se sorbed appeared to move towards saturation. The organic matter content played the most important part in the adsorption of Se, while pH appeared to have a small effect on the ability of the soil to adsorb Se. The high CaCO₃ content of the pine forest soil may have contributed in increasing the Se adsorption notwithstanding the high pH value. The cultivated and arable soils showed a reduced sorption capacity. The sorption could be described by an S type curve. At low concentrations of Se the affinity of the solid phase was less than that of the liquid phase. By increasing the concentration of Se in solution, the affinity of the solid phase increased and the sorption was favored. Selenate desorption by water was negligible, whereas the amount of Se desorbed by phosphate varied among the different soils. The desorption experiments indicated that a significant portion of the sorbed Se was irreversibly retained. This suggests the existence of linkages which allow the release of Se in the soil solution only after physico‐chemical variation such as exchange with phosphate ions.     

长期不同施肥对黄壤磷素吸附–解吸特性的影响

[目的]磷吸附–解吸特性对土壤磷素有效性和环境流失风险有重要影响.研究长期不同施肥对黄壤旱地磷吸附–解吸特性的影响,可为黄壤区合理施用磷肥提供理论依据.[方法]供试黄壤肥力长期定位试验位于贵阳,始于1995年.设有对照(CK)、施氮钾肥(NK)、施氮磷钾肥(NPK)、单施有机肥(M)和有机肥化肥配施(MNPK)5个处理...     

氧化还原条件下红壤磷吸附与解吸特性及需磷量探讨

研究了5个酸性红壤由氧化条件转为还原条件的P吸附和解吸特性,以及确定供试红壤作为水田或旱地相应的施P量。结果表明:5个土样P吸附量随P液浓度的增加而增加,土壤对P的吸附曲线均可用Langmuir方程拟合,氧化条件下P最大吸附量变化范围为794.22～956.75mg/kg,还原条件下P最大吸附量变化范围为867.31～1195.62mg/kg。P解吸量随P吸附量的增加而增加,P解吸率的结果表明,淹水不同程度地降低土壤P解吸量。以Langmuir方程计算土壤溶液中P浓度在0.2mg/kg时的土壤需P量作为施P量的依据,淹水后土壤标准需P量增加。     

Response of the sorption behavior of Cu,Cd, and Zn to different soil management

This study investigated the effect of different farming practices over long time periods on the sorption‐desorption behavior of Cu, Cd, and Zn in soils. Various amendments in a long‐term field experiment over 44 y altered the chemical and physical properties of the soil. Adsorption isotherms obtained from batch sorption experiments with Cu, Cd, and Zn were well described by Freundlich equations for adsorption and desorption. The data showed that Cu was adsorbed in high amounts, followed by Zn and Cd. In most treatments, Cd ions were more weakly sorbed than Cu or Zn. Generally, adsorption coefficients K_F increased among the investigated farming practices in the following order: sewage sludge ≤ fallow < inorganic fertilizer without N ≈ green manure < peat < Ca(NO₃)₂ < animal manure ≤ grassland/extensive pasture. The impact of different soil management on the sorption properties of agricultural soils for trace metals was quantified. Results demonstrated that the soil pH was the main factor controlling the behavior of heavy metals in soil altered through management. Furthermore, the constants K_F and n of isotherms obtained from the experiments significantly correlated with the amount of solid and water‐soluble organic carbon (WSOC) in the soils. Higher soil pH and higher contents of soil organic carbon led to higher adsorption. Carboxyl and carbonyl groups as well as WSOC significantly influenced the sorption behavior of heavy metals in soils with similar mineral soil constituents.     

The effects of freeze‐and‐thaw cycles on phosphorus availability in highland soils in Turkey

Ongoing global warming may result in colder soil and thawing cycles and will increase the frequency of soil freezing‐and‐thawing‐treated cycles (FTCs) during winter in the cool‐temperate and high‐latitude regions. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of repeated freeze–thaw cycles on the solubility and adsorption of P in lab and field experiments on Pellustert, Argiustoll, Haplustept, Fluvaquent, and Calciorthid soils, the major soil groups in E Turkey. The results demonstrated that, depending on the soil type, the freeze–thaw cycle could increase the adsorption and desorption of P within a certain temperature range. Repeated freezing and thawing decreased equilibrium P concentration (EPC) and increased P adsorption. EPC and P adsorption were strongly correlated with the number of FTCs. The highest P adsorption and the lowest P desorption was found in Pellustert followed by Argiustoll, Calciorthid, Haplustept, Fluvaquent when refrozen at –10°C for 15 d, then thawed at +2.5°C for 18 h, and 9 times FTC. However, in the field study, the adsorption value was lower than the value obtained from the laboratory condition. It appears that increasing the frequency of freeze–thaw processes depending on increase in temperature that leads to decreased plant‐available soil P pools, thus requires more P fertilizer in soil solution to supply adequate P during the plant‐growth period.     

Phosphate desorption from flooded and reoxidized soils as compared with adsorption characteristics

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to show how phosphorus (P) desorption can bring further information to what is inferred from adsorption experiments. A simple calculation procedure is proposed to predict the P amount that would be desorbed by washing with salt solution if adsorption was completely reversible. Consequently, the interpretation of P desorption can focus on the irreversible part of adsorption. This approach is applied to samples of acid sulfate soil from Vietnam that have been submerged for different periods of time, at 20°C and 30°C, and also to samples that were reoxidized after flooding. Phosphate desorption linearly increases with P concentration in solution and exponentially decreases with increasing adsorption capacity as expressed by the Freundlich coefficient of adsorption isotherms. These two types of relationships are correctly predicted by our calculation procedure. As far as reversibility is concerned, we find that with respect to calculated desorption, the proportion of irreversible adsorption greatly differ according to treatments. In relative terms, adsorption reversibility is lowest in the reoxidized soils and highest in the wet soils incubated at 30°C. This is related to the type and crystallinity of Fe‐oxihydroxides and consequent differences in P‐bonding energies.     

Transformation and bioavailability of specifically sorbed phosphate on variable-charge minerals in soils

Crop production on red soils in China is largely limited by the low availability of phosphorus, which is frequently attributed to the adsorption of phosphate by variable-charge minerals including Fe and Al oxides and kaolinite. Isotopic tracing analysis and soil incubation were carried out to investigate the desorption and microbial transformation of applied specifically sorbed P in two pH-contrasting light-textured soils. A rapid release of P from the added mineral-P surface complex in the two tested soils was observed. Most of the released P was recovered in a 0.5MNaHCO₃ extract and in soil microbial biomass. Microbial biomass-³²P was detected at early stages of incubation and reached up to 10–30% of the added ³²P. Approximately 50–70% of the added complex ³²P, varying between minerals and soils, was extractable in the 0.5MNaHCO₃ at 75 days after incubation for the acid soil but up to 120 days for the neutral soil. Microbial biomass-P plus 0.5MNaHCO₃-extractable ³²P accounted for more than 60–80% of total added complex-³²P, implying high desorption and transformation of the specifically sorbed P in the two soils. There was more inorganic ³²P than organic ³²P in the NaHCO₃ extract, suggesting that chemical release of specifically sorbed P was dominant. Ligand exchange and chemical desorption due to a change in environmental conditions such as pH and ionic strength are likely the major mechanisms responsible for the chemical release of specifically sorbed ³²P in the tested soils. Received: 29 September 1996     

Changes in distribution of inorganic soil phosphorus forms with phosphate desorption by iron oxide‐impregnated paper strips

Abstract

The release of soil phosphorus (P) to solution has been described by extraction of soil with iron (Fe)‐oxide coated paper strips. Little information is available, however, on where this P is coming from. The effect of removal of reversibly adsorbed soil P on the distribution of inorganic P forms was investigated for 12 Italian soils. Phosphate was removed from these soils by Fe‐oxide strips after incubation with P (0 and 100 mg P kg^‐1) for 90 days. With no applied P, 3 to 17% of the total soil active P [saloid‐P, aluminum‐phosphate (Al‐P), iron‐phosphate (Fe‐P), and calcium‐phosphate (Ca‐P) was removed by the Fe‐oxide strips. The change in strip‐P following P addition (100 mg kg^‐1 soil), ranged from 12.9 to 53.5 mg P kg^‐1, with P coming almost entirely from the active P fractions. A close relationship between the changes in desorbed strip‐P after P equilibration and soil P sorption index (SI) was found for the studied soils (r²=0.96). Thus, the release of soil P for plant uptake or transport in runoff was a function of the amount of “actively”; sorbed P and an estimate of P sorption.     

Extraction with 0.01 m CaCl2 underestimates the concentration of phosphorus in the soil solution

The aim of this paper was to compare the concentration of P in soil extracts prepared with water and a ‘soil solution proxy’ (‘SSP’, that is, a salt solution similar in ionic composition and strength to the actual soil solution) with that in 0.01 m CaCl₂ extracts, which is usually taken as a measure of soil P intensity. Seventy widely ranging agricultural soils from the Mediterranean part of Spain were used. Soil/solution ratio was 1:10 and extraction time 3 days. For 0.01 m CaCl₂, a short extraction time of 30 min was also used as the reference method. CaCl₂‐P(3 days) and CaCl₂‐P(30 min) were not significantly different for the 40 noncalcareous soils group, but CaCl₂‐P(3 days) was significantly larger than CaCl₂‐P(30 min) for the 30 calcareous soils group. The Water‐P/CaCl₂‐P(30 min) ratio was not significantly related to any soil property, its mean being 6.3 for the noncalcareous and 5.8 for the calcareous soils group. The mean SSP‐P/CaCl₂‐P(30 min) ratio was 2.6 for the noncalcareous and 3.1 for the calcareous soils group, and decreased slightly with increasing ionic strength of the soil solution in the noncalcareous soils group. These results are consistent with the promoting influence of the Ca ion and ionic strength on P adsorption by permanent‐charge soils. The fact that extraction with 0.01 m CaCl₂ generally results in underestimation of the actual concentration of P in the soil solution should be considered when CaCl₂‐P is used as a soil P test.     

Hydrolysis rates of inorganic polyphosphates in aqueous solution as well as in soils and effects on P availability

Applications of polyphosphate‐based fertilizers have been reported to have a positive impact on crop yields as compared to orthophosphate sources. Since plants take up P mainly as orthophosphate, hydrolysis rates of polyphosphates into orthophosphates will determine their fertilizer ability. Laboratory and soil incubation experiments were performed to evaluate hydrolysis rates of pyrophosphate (PP), tripolyphosphate (TP), and trimetaphosphate (TMP) in water as well as in two soils having different P‐fixing capacities. P availability was characterized by measuring the orthophosphate (ortho‐P) and polyphosphate (poly‐P) concentration in soil solution as well as the calcium‐acetate‐lactate (CAL)‐extractable amounts of both forms. In water, PP was completely hydrolyzed within 15 d, whereas TMP was hydrolyzed only to about 30% after 90 d. In the two soils, polyphosphates hydrolyzed during the incubation period increasing ortho‐P concentration in soil solution as well as in CAL extract. At the end of the incubation, no significant differences in ortho‐P concentration in soil solution and CAL extract were found in the sandy soil, whereas in the silty‐loam soil, polyphosphate applications resulted in higher soil‐solution ortho‐P concentration. Although polyphosphate hydrolysis is mainly affected by the soil‐specific enzymatic activity, it seems that polyphosphates and/or hydrolysis products are preferentially adsorbed/precipitated compared to ortho‐P in the silty loam, thereby influencing the P availability from polyphosphate sources.     

有机质含量对石灰性黄潮土和砂姜黑土磷吸附–解吸特性的影响

通过往土壤中添加不同量小麦秸秆,经好气培养1年后,获得不同有机质含量梯度的系列土壤,研究有机质含量对石灰性黄潮土和砂姜黑土磷（P）相关吸附参数和不同水土比下解吸溶液P浓度的影响。结果表明,Langmuir方程能够较好地拟合不同有机质含量的两种土壤对P的等温吸附曲线,拟合度均达到显著（P 0.05）或极显著（P 0.01）水平。黄潮土和砂姜黑土P最大吸附量（Xm）、吸附结合能常数（K）、最大缓冲容量（MBC）、吸附饱和度（DPS）及相同水土比下P解吸溶液浓度与有机碳含量间均呈显著或极显著的二次抛物线关系。抛物线拐点之前,随有机质含量的提高,P的吸附能力增强,解吸能力降低;拐点之后,吸附能力降低,解吸能力增强。各水土比条件下,P解吸溶液浓度与Xm、K、MBC呈显著或极显著负相关,与DPS呈显著或极显著正相关。随有机质含量的提高,土壤P植物有效性和P流失风险呈先降低后增强的抛物线趋势;土壤供P缓冲能力则先增强后降低。砂姜黑土Xm、K、MBC均明显高于黄潮土,DPS明显低于黄潮土;且其抛物线拐点滞后,拐点横坐标有机碳含量明显高于黄潮土。不同有机质含量的解吸曲线较黄潮土排列紧密;砂姜黑土黏粒含量、碳酸钙含量明显高于黄潮土,全P和Olsen-P含量明显低于黄潮土,这可能是影响两种石灰性土壤P吸附–解吸特性差别的主要原因。     

pH对砖红壤和黄棕壤Cu~(2+)吸附与解吸的影响

对砖红壤和黄棕壤在不同浓度、不同pH下吸附和解吸Cu2+进行了测定。结果表明, 2种土壤Cu2+吸附量均随平衡液中Cu2+浓度增加而增大,两者关系较好地符合Langmuir吸附方程。Cu2+吸附量随pH升高而增加,Cu2+分配系数的对数与pH呈极显著的线性正相关,吸附一个Cu2+所释放H+的平均数砖红壤(1. 19)大于黄棕壤(1. 01)。可解吸Cu2+的数量随pH升高和吸附Cu2+的数量增加而增加,在pH4~6下,黄棕壤吸附Cu2+及可解吸Cu2+的比例(平均为10. 5% )大于砖红壤(平均为3. 1% )。由此认为, 2种土壤吸附Cu2+虽以专性吸附为主,但砖红壤的表面吸附点位较少,专性吸附点位的比例较高,对Cu2+的亲和性或专性吸附性大于黄棕壤。     

Simulation of calcium leaching and desorption in an acid forest soil

The aim of the study was to evaluate effects of mobile and immobile water and diffusion‐limited transport on the binding and release of ions in soils. The desorption and leaching of calcium in a humic layer of a densely rooted acid forest soil under a beech stand was studied in laboratory experiments by leaching soil columns with a desorption solution and recycling the leachate through the columns. Radioactive tracers were added and monitored in the leachate to evaluate desorption and leaching characteristics of the soil. Parallel experiments were conducted with chloride and calcium to determine transport and desorption parameters independently. The experimental data were then analysed with a transport model, taking into account effects of mobile and immobile soil water fractions, and in the case of calcium assuming an equilibrium Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The transport was highly dependent on the mobility of the soil water, and in particular the fraction of the soil water to which the chemical was confined as a result of ionic properties. For chloride an excluded soil water phase had to be taken into account to explain the experimental findings. Immobile or mobile water and solute transfer and transport properties were not sufficient to explain non‐equilibrium effects in the adsorption reactions. Desorption curves agreed with results from batch experiments, provided the leaching experiments were done in such a way that equilibration between the soil solution and the solid matrix adsorption sites was reached, otherwise desorption was delayed and the calculated isotherms do not represent actual equilibrium adsorption–desorption conditions.