Table 3.
Cation exchange characteristic of Podzols soil at every horizon level.
| Horizon | Soil Depth (cm) | Cation Exchange Value |
Cation Exchange Capacity (% CEC) | Alkaline saturated (%) | Exchangable |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K+ |
Ca2+ |
Mg2+ |
Na+ |
Mn2+ |
Al |
H |
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| Cmol+ kg−1 | Cmol+ kg−1 | |||||||||
| A | 0–10 | 0.010 | 0.432 | 0.090 | 0.422 | 0.004 | 1.026 | 92.934 | 0.080 | 0.038 |
| E | 10–20 | 0.012 | 0.309 | 0.116 | 0.300 | 0.003 | 0.750 | 98.221 | 0.080 | 0.038 |
| Bh | 20–40 | 0.004 | 1.148 | 0.165 | 0.429 | 0.003 | 2.918 | 59.832 | 0.100 | 0.136 |
| Bhs | 40–60 | 0.004 | 0.526 | 0.187 | 0.324 | 0.003 | 2.126 | 48.930 | 0.100 | 0.196 |
| BC | 60–80 | 0.124 | 0.483 | 0.203 | 0.513 | 0.006 | 2.252 | 58.748 | 0.760 | 0.125 |
| CB | 80–100 | 0.014 | 0.448 | 0.133 | 0.418 | 0.004 | 3.314 | 30.579 | 2.555 | 0.115 |