The measurement of actual acidity in acid sulfate soils and the determination of sulfidic acidity in suspension after peroxide oxidation

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1133-1157

  McElnea, Angus E ^a,b   Ahern, Col R ^a   Menzies, Neal W ^b  

^a Mines and Water   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BaCl2 actual acidity; Jarosite; Suspension titration; Titratable actual acidity; Titratable peroxide acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; EXTRACTION; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; SULFUR; TITRATION;

TITRATABLE ACTUAL ACIDITY (TTA);

SOILS;

ACIDITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIDATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

EID: 0036436362     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR01118     Document Type: Article

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