1. Estimating cation exchange capacity from hygroscopic water content change.
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Chen, Chong, Arthur, Emmanuel, Zhou, Hu, Song, Xue, Shang, Jianying, and Tuller, Markus
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CLAY soils , *SOIL mineralogy , *STANDARD deviations , *CLAY minerals , *WATER vapor - Abstract
The existing models for estimating cation exchange capacity (CEC) from easy‐to‐measure hygroscopic water content (
θ h) were based on a single water activity (a w) value rather than on the processes that govern soil water vapor adsorption for a distincta w range. Here, we present a new CEC estimation model based onθ h data of 119 soils with different clay mineralogy (i.e., illitic [IL], montmorillonitic [ML], and kaolinitic [KA] samples) and organic carbon (OC) contents for thea w range from 0.23 to 0.57 (Δθ 0.23–0.57) and validate its performance. Based on the hypothesis that multilayer adsorption exhibits a higher correlation with CEC than monolayer adsorption and capillary condensation, thea w range from 0.23 to 0.57 was chosen with CEC calculated as CEC =k × Δθ 0.23–0.57. The performance of the new model is compared to the Arthur (2017) model and the Torrent (2015) model, which considers a singleθ h value. The average proportionality coefficient (k ) varied with the dominant clay mineralogy of the investigated soils. For soils dominated by 2:1 clay minerals (i.e., IL and ML), the new model showed a good estimation accuracy (Nash‐Sutcliffe model efficiency [E ] ≥ 0.85; root mean squared error [RMSE] ≤ 4.18 cmol(+) kg−1). The new model performed better for IL and ML samples than for KA samples, and yielded more accurate CEC estimations than the Arthur model and Torrent model for soils with 2:1 clay minerals. For soil with high OC content (>23.2 g kg−1), the new model slightly underestimated CEC (E = 0.66; RMSE = 5.87). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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