AN AUTOMATED METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY OF ROCKS

Geophysics ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Worthington
Keyword(s):  
Cation Exchange ◽  
Cation Exchange Capacity ◽  
Barium Chloride ◽  
Conductometric Titration ◽  
Sulfate Solution ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Barium Ions ◽  
Automated Method ◽  
Method Of Determination

An automated method of determination of the cation exchange capacity of rocks is presented. The principal novel feature is the containment of the sample within a dialysis membrane bag during ion exchange with barium chloride and during washing to remove the excess salt. This procedure prevents sample loss, permits control of the washing step to prevent hydrolysis, and permits auto mation of these steps. Exchange capacity is determined by an automated conductometric titration of the barium ions with magnesium sulfate solution. The method requires one to ten grams of sample and is reproducible to five percent.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Methods for the Determination of Cation Exchange Capacity of Soils/Porównanie Metod Oznaczania Pojemności Wymiany Kationów I Sumy Kationów Wymiennych W Glebach

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawid Jaremko ◽  
Dorota Kalembasa
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Cation Exchange ◽  
Cation Exchange Capacity ◽  
Sodium Acetate ◽  
Calcareous Soils ◽  
Acid Soils ◽  
Barium Chloride ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Organic Carbon Content

Abstract The object of this study was to compare the results obtained with four methods of determination of cation exchange capacity (CEC) and sum of exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K) in soils. One of these methods is Kappen’s method and the others methods are based on different extracting reagents: sodium acetate (pH = 8.2), barium chloride and hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride. Values measured with barium ions and hexaamminecobalt(III) ions as index cations are very comparable and these two methods can be considered as equivalent. Kappen’s method gives overestimated results, especially for acid soils reach in organic matter and very calcareous soils. Sodium acetate, buffering the pH of the extracting solution, causes increase of numbers of negatively charged sites and particularly those bonded to organic matter and for this reason values obtained with this method are overestimated. Nevertheless, it is possible to correct this error for a given soil sample by regression equation considering pH of soil, clay and organic carbon content.

scholarly journals Cation exchange capacity of an oxisol amended with an effluent from domestic sewage treatment

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 552-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriel Ferreira da Fonseca ◽  
Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni ◽  
Adolpho José Melfi ◽  
Célia Regina Montes
Keyword(s):  
Cation Exchange ◽  
Cation Exchange Capacity ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Barium Chloride ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Tropical Soils ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Ionic Force ◽  
Barium Chloride Solution

The addition of Na-rich anthropogenic residues to tropical soils has stimulated the scientific community to study the role of sodium in both the soil solution and the exchange complex. In this study, several different methods were used to calculate the concentration of exchangeable and soluble cations and this data was then used to establish correlations between the level of these cations and both the accumulation of various elements and the dry weight of maize grown in a greenhouse under different conditions. In the closed environments of the pots, the most suitable method for calculating the effective cation exchange capacity (ECEC) was the cation exchange capacity calculated by cations removed with barium chloride solution (CEC S). Then again, the actual cation exchange capacity (CEC A) should be measured by using Mg adsorption to prevent ionic force from influencing electric charges. A strong positive correlation was obtained between the concentrations of Na in the 1:2 soil:water extracts and the accumulation of Na in the maize plants, indicating saline or double acid extractors are not needed when monitoring the Na concentration only.

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