Exchange Behaviour of Coen33+ on Soil and Pest Fulvic Acid

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  • Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734 430 ,IN
  • Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734 430 ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jsst/1987/2296

Keywords:

Fulvic Acid, Coen3, Uptake, Exchangeability, Selectivity Coefficients, Thermodynamic Equilibrium Constant.

Abstract

The study of the exchange pattern on soil and peat fulvic acids (SFA and PFA) reveals that the uptake of Coen33+ increases with increase in pH but, after reaching a maximum at pH 6.5 it starts decreasing, and finally attains a steady value. The release isotherms indicate the following order of reactivity: Li ≈ Na < K < Rb < Cs < H for monovalent cations, (the reversal of exchangeability for Li and Na taking place at lower concentration) and Mg < Ca < Sr < Ba for the divalent cations. However, for organic cations the order of exchangeability is (C2H5)4N > (CH3)4N at lower concentration but the reverse is observed at higher concentration. The release isotherms with monovalent cations distinctly display that the exchange processes occur in three stages. Kielland's equation has been harnessed to find out the thermodynamic equilibrium constants and Gibbs free energy change for exchange reactions involving bivalent cations. It is found that Log of corrected selectivity coefficients or thermodynamic equilibrium constants, when plotted separately against hydrated ionic radii and the reciprocal of Debye-Huckel parameter a0, the relative affinities of the counter ions for the exchange substrates are much better correlated with a0 rather than with hydrated ionic radii.

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Published

1987-07-01

How to Cite

Pal, U. K., & Chakravarti, S. K. (1987). Exchange Behaviour of Coen<sub>3</sub><sup>3+</sup> on Soil and Pest Fulvic Acid. Journal of Surface Science and Technology, 3(2), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.18311/jsst/1987/2296

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