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Inhibition of iron precipitation from field drainage water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. Vaughan  and
B. G. Ord
D. Vaughan
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ, UK
B. G. Ord
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ, UK
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Summary

In field drainage waters, Fe(II) can be oxidized to Fe(III), which is precipitated as iron ochre. At a farm near Aberdeen, Scotland, ochre is precipitated both chemically and biologically. The precipitation was delayed using the antibiotic D-threo-chloramphenicol and Cu(II) ions. Iron deposition was delayed on glass slides coated with copper filings. It is suggested that the incorporation and slow release of substances which inhibit ochre formation, from drainage pipe material, would be a valuable method of controlling the ochre problem.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 123 , Issue 2 , October 1994 , pp. 253 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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