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. 2014 Feb 6;186(6):3503–3509. doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-3633-9

Table 2.

Selected properties of soils

Soil Granulometric group Water capacity Organic carbon Nitrogen Sulfur pH pH
[%] [%] [%] [%] H2O KCl
G1 Loamy sand soil 34.63 0.83 0.075 0.0076 5.56 4.28
G2 Sand soil 37.18 1.99 0.159 0.0232 4.56 3.71
Soil Hh CEC TEB BS
cmol/kg cmol/kg cmol/kg [%]
G1 3.33 16.10 19.43 82.88
G2 10.33 15.30 25.63 59.71

Hh hydrolytic acidity—the hydrogen and aluminum ions, exchangeable and nonexchangeable, bounded by the soil sorption complex, and is the sum of all of the hydrogen ions in the soil; CEC cation exchange capacity—the maximum quantity of total cations that a soil is capable of holding at a given pH value, available for the exchange with the soil solution; TEB total exchangeable bases—the sum of exchangeable cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+) excluding Al3+ and H+; BS base saturation—the ratio of the quantity of exchangeable bases to the cation exchange capacity (Osman 2013)