Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer (한국토양비료학회지)

Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer (한국토양비료학회)
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pH Buffer Capacity and Lime Requirement of Korean Acid Soils

한국산성토양의 pH 완충력과 석회소요량 특성

  • Kim, Yoo-Hak (National lnstitute of Agricultural Science and Technology) ;
  • Yoon, Jung-Hui (National lnstitute of Agricultural Science and Technology) ;
  • Jung, Beung-Gan (National lnstitute of Agricultural Science and Technology) ;
  • Zhang, Yong-Sun (National lnstitute of Agricultural Science and Technology) ;
  • Kwak, Han-Kang (National lnstitute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2004.11.02
  • Accepted : 2004.12.08
  • Published : 2004.12.30
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Abstract

Soil pH is an important indicator for soil reactions and crop growth. pH buffer capacity and lime requirements are necessary to comprehend and manage soils well. The characteristics related with soil pH were analyzed and 5 field trials were conducted to elucidate pH buffer capacity of soil and lime requirements and liming factor for Korean acid soils. Soil minerals were analyzed for the soil of 2 years after treating $CaCO_3$ using X-ray diffraction. The amount of neutralized $H^+$ was regarded as the exchangeable aluminium overcoming ${\Delta}pH$, because pH buffer capacity of soil depended on exchangeable aluminium. Lime requirement was somewhat similar to the KCl exchangeable aluminium and it was also affected by the exchangeable cation by added lime. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that an aluminium dissociation from Korean acid soils was equilibrated with kaolin minerals and changed into anorthite ($CaAl_2Si_2O_8$) by neutralizing with $CaCO_3$. Neutralizing process was composed of changing process of $Al^{3+}$ into $H^+$ and $Al(OH)_4{^-}$ ionic species and of neutralizing $H^+$ by, the amount of which was lime requirement. The fact that anorthite dissociates an aluminium ion higher than kaolinite does enabled to consider a liming factor (LF) the content of exchangeable cation and ${\Delta}pH$, $LF=1.5+0.2{\times}{\sum} Cations{\times}{\Delta}pH$.

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