『Abstract
We used of a set of mechanistic adsorption models (1pK TPM, ion
exchange and Nica-Donnan) within the framework of the component
additive (CA) approach in an attempt to determine the effect of
repeated massive application of inorganic P fertilizer on the
processes and mechanisms controlling the concentration of dissolved
inorganic phosphorus (DIP) in soils. We studied the surface layer
of a Luvisol with markedly different total concentrations of inorganic
P as the result of different P fertilizer history (i.e. massive
or no application for 40 years). soil pH was made to vary from
acid to alkaline. Soil solutions were extracted with water and
CaCl2 (0.01 M). The occurrence of montmorillonite
led us to determine the binding properties of P and Ca ions for
this clay mineral.
Satisfactory results were obtained using generic values for model
parameters and soil-specific ones, which were either determined
directly by measurements or estimated from the literature. We
showed that adsorption largely controlled the variations of DIP
concentration and that, because of kinetic constrains, only little
Ca-phosphates may be precipitated under alkaline conditions, particularly
in the P fertilized treatment. The mineral-P pool initially present
in both P treatments did not dissolve significantly during the
course of the experiments. The adsorption of Ca ions onto soil
minerals also promoted adsorption of P ions through electrostatic
interactions. The intensity of the mechanism was high under neutral
to alkaline conditions. Changes in DIP concentration as a function
of these environmental variables can be related to changes in
the contribution of the various soil minerals to P adsorption.
The extra P adsorbed in the fertilized treatment compared with
the control treatment was mainly adsorbed onto illite. This clay
mineral was the major P-fixing constituent from neutral to alkaline
pH conditions, because the repulsion interactions between deprotonated
hydroxyl surface sites and P ions were sufficiently counterbalanced
by Ca ions. The drastic increase of DIP observed at acid pH was
due to the effect of the lower concentration of surface sites
of Fe oxides and kaolinite.
In addition to confirming the validity of our approach to model
DIP concentrations in soils, the present investigation showed
that adsorption was the predominant geochemical process even in
the P fertilized soil, and that Ca ions can have an important
promoting effect on P adsorption. However the influence of the
dissolution of the mineral^P pool under field conditions remained
questionable.』
1. Introduction
2. Material and methods
2.1. Soil properties
2.2. Soil pH adjustments
2.3. Solution extractions and chemical analysis
2.4. Adsorption models
2.5. Geochemical software
2.6. Input data and model parameters
2.7. Undetermined adsorption parameters
2.8. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Phosphorus and calcium adsorption onto montmorillonite
3.2. Dissolved inorganic P and total Ca as a function of soil
pH
3.3. Distribution of adsorbed P and Ca
4. Discussion
4.1. Controlling processes 4.2. Controlling mechanisms
4.3. Generic and soil-specific parameters
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix A
A.1. Adsorption models for minerals
A.2. Adsorption model for natural organic matter
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