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Aluminum Fixation in a Synthetic Cation Exchanger
Author(s) -
Hsu Pa Ho,
Rich C. I.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1960.03615995002400010015x
Subject(s) - polymer , gibbsite , ion exchange resin , chemistry , titration , ion , ion exchange , cation exchange capacity , inorganic chemistry , aluminium , soil water , organic chemistry , environmental science , soil science
Previous studies of soils have indicated fixation of Al as a poistively charged ion or polymer by some clay minerals. To avoid reactions with structural Al in clays, a synthetic cation‐exchange resin, Dowex‐50, was employed in a preliminary study of Al fixation. This resin was Al‐saturated and then serially titrated with NaOH. In a similar experiment, AlCl 3 was added in an amount equivalent to the Al in the resin, prior to titration. In a third experiment the same amount of Al‐saturated resin was added to different volumes of solutions containing NaOH and AlCl 3 in molar ratios of 0.296, 1.185, and 2.37, respectively. All of these experiments indicate that the only exchangeable Al ion was Al 3+ and that in the acid range nonexchangeable Al was fixed so that on the average one positive charge of the resin was countered by one Al ion. A gibbsite‐like ring structure having 6 Al ions, 12 OH ions and 12 water molecules is proposed as the principal fixed hydroxy‐Al polymer. The polymer may be formed in place from smaller chain‐like polymers and fixed because of its large size and high charge.