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A note on resolving soil cation exchange capacity into ‘mineral’ and ‘organic’ fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. M. Addiscott
T. M. Addiscott
Affiliation:
Bothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.
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Two methods have been used previously to resolve the ‘mineral’ and ‘organic’ fractions of the cation exchange capacities of soils. Williams (1932) and Hallsworth & Wilkinson (1958) used multiple regression analysis to relate cation exchange capacity (CEC) in several soils to percentage organic matter (OM) and percentage clay, and thence to calculate the average values of the CECs of OM and clay. For individual soils, Davies & Davies (1965) and Clark & Nichol (1968) measured the CEC before and after oxidizing the OM with hydrogen peroxide.

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Short Note
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 75 , Issue 2 , October 1970 , pp. 365 - 367
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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