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Soil Properties Influencing Sorption and Desorption of Lindane
Author(s) -
Adams R. S.,
Li Paulina
Publication year - 1971
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/sssaj1971.03615995003500010025x
Subject(s) - lindane , sorption , desorption , environmental chemistry , soil water , total organic carbon , chemistry , moisture , environmental science , cation exchange capacity , soil science , soil carbon , adsorption , agronomy , pesticide , organic chemistry , biology
This study was conducted to determine the soil properties responsible for the sorption of lindane. Soils were sampled from 16 Minnesota locations and varied widely in organic carbon, colloidal clay, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable ions, pH, and moisture retention. Variability in lindane sorption was almost entirely due to organic carbon ( R 2 = .890). No combination of variables significantly improved this relationship. With the exception of the Blue Earth samples, a lacustrine soil, desorption of lindane was complete and independent of all soil variables measured and the amount of lindane sorbed.