TY - JOUR
T1 - Generation of Soil Solution Acid-Neutralizing Capacity by Addition of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
AU - David, Mark B.
AU - Vance, George F.
PY - 1989/8
Y1 - 1989/8
N2 - A Spodosol B horizon (base saturation of 5.4%) collected at the Watershed Manipulation Project site at Lead Mountain, ME, was used to examine soil solution chemistry in response to increasing solution levels of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). Acid-neutralizing capacity (ANC), determined by Gran titration, increased from -5 to 163 μequiv L-1 in response to increasing DIC, with a corresponding increase in base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, and Na+). For the negative ANC solutions, degassing increased solution pH (in equilibrium with atmospheric CO2) slightly from 4.94 to 5.14, whereas solutions with positive ANC showed large pH shifts (e.g., ANC of 69, pH shift from 4.73 to 6.81). Under equilibrium assumptions and log KA1 determined from 2.66pH - pA1, measured values for ANC, sum of cations, pH, and degassed pH were found to be in agreement with predictions from a chemical equilibrium model. Results illustrate the importance of pCO2 levels and cation exchange from the solid phase in generating solution ANC and determining surface water pH. Environmental implications and limitations in the use of chemical equilibrium models are discussed.
AB - A Spodosol B horizon (base saturation of 5.4%) collected at the Watershed Manipulation Project site at Lead Mountain, ME, was used to examine soil solution chemistry in response to increasing solution levels of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). Acid-neutralizing capacity (ANC), determined by Gran titration, increased from -5 to 163 μequiv L-1 in response to increasing DIC, with a corresponding increase in base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, and Na+). For the negative ANC solutions, degassing increased solution pH (in equilibrium with atmospheric CO2) slightly from 4.94 to 5.14, whereas solutions with positive ANC showed large pH shifts (e.g., ANC of 69, pH shift from 4.73 to 6.81). Under equilibrium assumptions and log KA1 determined from 2.66pH - pA1, measured values for ANC, sum of cations, pH, and degassed pH were found to be in agreement with predictions from a chemical equilibrium model. Results illustrate the importance of pCO2 levels and cation exchange from the solid phase in generating solution ANC and determining surface water pH. Environmental implications and limitations in the use of chemical equilibrium models are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1021/es00066a015
DO - 10.1021/es00066a015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024714705
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 23
SP - 1021
EP - 1024
JO - Environmental Science and Technology
JF - Environmental Science and Technology
IS - 8
ER -