Phosphorus Adsorption of the Soils of the Gaziantep Kayacık Plain

Authors : Mehmet Rıfat DERİCİ

Pages : 395-400

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Publication Date : 1999-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The phosphorus adsorption characteristics of 11 widespread soil series from Gaziantep Kayacık Plain were investigated and these characteristics were evaluated with regard to various soil properties and phosphate minerals. Langmuir adsorption isotherms were used to determine the phosphorus-adsorption characteristics of the soils. The soils were equilibriated with solutions containing phosphorus at different concentrations at constant temperature, and the equilibrium phosphorus concentrations of the solution phases insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(C); and the amounts of adsorbed phosphorus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(x/m); at these concentrations were determined. The adsorption maxima insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b); and adsorption-energy coefficients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(k); of the experimental soils were calculated from C and the x/m values using the linear form of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The calculated b values of the soils varied from 58.1 to 113.3 mg/g, and the k values varied from 9.1 to 153.5 ml/mg.
Keywords : Turk J Agric For, 23, 1999, 395 400 Turk J Agric For, vol 23, iss EK2