Chemical Species of Aluminum Ions in Acid Soils *1English Full Text

XU RENKOU and JI GUOLIANG Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 821 ,Nanjing 210008 (China)

Abstract: Soil samples collected from several acid soils in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces of the southern China were employed to characterize the chemical species of aluminum ions in the soils. The proportion of monomeric inorganic Al to total Al in soil solution was in the range of 19% to 70%, that of monomeric organic Al （Al OM） to total Al ranged from 7.7% to 69%, and that of the acid soluble Al to total Al was generally smaller and was lower than 20% in most of the acid soils studied. The Al OM concentration in soil solution was positively correlated with the content of dissolved organic carbon （DOC） and also affected by the concentration of Al 3+ . The complexes of aluminum with fluoride （Al F） were the predominant forms of inorganic Al, and the proportion of Al F complexes to total inorganic Al increased with pH. Under strongly acid condition, Al 3+ was also a major form of inorganic Al, and the proportion of Al 3+ to total inorganic Al decreased with increasing pH. The proportions of Al OH and Al SO 4 complexes to total inorganic Al were small and were not larger than 10% in the most acid soils. The concentration of inorganic Al in solution depended largely on pH and the concentration of total F in soil solution. The concentrations of Al OM, Al 3+ ,Al F and Al OH complexes in topsoil were higher than those in subsoil and decreased with the increase in soil depth. The chemical species of aluminum ions were influenced by pH. The concentrations of Al OM, Al 3+ , Al F complexes and Al OH complexes decreased with the increase in pH.

Keywords：

acid soil; aluminum ion; chemical species;

Series：
(D) Agriculture; (A) Mathematics/ Physics/ Mechanics/ Astronomy
Subject：
Physical Geography and Topography; Fundamental Science of Agriculture; Agronomy
Classification Code：
S153

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Chemical Species of Aluminum Ions in Acid Soils *1English Full Text

XU RENKOU and JI GUOLIANG Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 821 ,Nanjing 210008 (China)

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