Effect of Electrolyte pH on Phosphate Adsorption by Soils

Parveen Bala*, S.S. Bhardwaj and P.S. Sidhu

Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiyana-141 004, India

Abstract

Effect of pH phosphate adsorption by different soils was studied by varying the pH of supporting electrolytes NaCl and CaCl2. Variation in pH of NaCl did not markedly affect adsorption in all the soils. On the other hand, it decreased with pH 4 to 6 and abruptly increased above pH 7.0 when CaCl2 was used supporting electrolyte.

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  • Asian J. Chem. /
  •  2000 /
  •  12(2) /
  •  pp 394-398