Mobility and fractionation of copper in sandy soils

Autor: Yuncong Li, Qian Sun, Ashok K. Alva, Tiantian Li
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 18-23 (2019)
ISSN: 2639-5940
2639-5932
DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2018.1558114
Popis: The transport and fractionation of copper (Cu) were investigated in three soils which were under continuous citrus production for over 30 years. The above soils received 50 kg Cu ha−1, and were leached with eight pore volumes of water (equivalent to a total of 91 cm of rainfall). Following the completion of leaching, the leaching columns were sectioned into 5 cm depth increments for analyses of soil Cu. Concentrations of different forms of soil Cu were analyzed using a sequential fractionation procedure. The leaching column study indicated as much as 98% of the applied Cu remained in the upper 5 cm of the soil despite leaching eight pore volumes of water. Copper recovered in eight pore volumes of leachate accounted for 0.18–2.87% of Cu applied. The organically bound and precipitated forms of Cu accounted for 33–87% and 6–44% of total soil Cu, respectively.
Databáze: OpenAIRE