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Bromide as a conservative tracer for soil‐water studies
Author(s) -
Levy B. S.,
Chambers R. M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
hydrological processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1099-1085
pISSN - 0885-6087
DOI - 10.1002/hyp.3360010406
Subject(s) - bromide , potassium bromide , tracer , sorption , bromine , chemistry , soil water , environmental chemistry , soil science , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , inorganic chemistry , adsorption , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , physics , nuclear physics
The assumption that potassium bromide is a conservative tracer for soil‐water studies was tested in a series of batch sorption experiments. Sorption experiments were conducted on soil samples collected from the O, E, and A horizons of the Albemarle soil series near Charlottesville, VA. The experiments were conducted under conditions of differing bromide concentration and filter treatments. Bromide concentrations in soil‐solution mixtures were measured through time using an Orion bromide‐specific electrode. An analysis of variance of results showed no significant sorption of bromide through time under any concentration level or filter treatment (α = 0·01). No sorption of bromide between different soil horizons could be determined. This work clearly indicates that bromide is conservative under the conditions examined.