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A COMPARISON OF THE SORPTION OF INORGANIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE AND INOSITOL HEXAPHOSPHATE BY SIX ACID SOILS
Author(s) -
ANDERSON G.,
WILLIAMS E. G.,
MOIR JACQUELINE O.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1974.tb01102.x
Subject(s) - sorption , soil water , chemistry , adsorption , environmental chemistry , inorganic chemistry , arable land , organic chemistry , geology , soil science , biology , ecology , agriculture
Summary A comparison has been made of the sorption of inorganic orthophosphate and inositol hexaphosphate by six acidic surface soils from arable land in north‐east Scotland. The sorption of inorganic P increased with increasing quantities added and tended towards a maximum, but was never complete. In contrast, the organic P was completely sorbed up to an added quantity which varied with the soil, and above this level the absolute sorption decreased, probably due to the formation of soluble complexes involving iron and aluminium. The sorption sites were apparently the same for the two P forms and, particularly at high levels of addition, the organic P depressed the sorption of inorganic P. Inorganic P did not depress the sorption‐of organic P, which was preferentially adsorbed. The results help to explain the extreme stability of inositol hexaphosphate in these soils.