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Chemical dispersants and pre-treatments to determine clay in soils with different mineralogy

Cristiane Rodrigues, Virlei Álvaro de Oliveira, Pedro Marques da Silveira, Glenio Guimarães Santos

01/Oct/2011

Knowledge of the soil physical properties, including the clay content, is of utmost importance for agriculture. The behavior of apparently similar soils can differ in intrinsic characteristics determined by different formation processes and nature of the parent material. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of separate or combined pre-treatments, dispersion methods and chemical dispersant agents to determine clay in some soil classes, selected according to their mineralogy. Two Brazilian Oxisols, two Alfisols and one Mollisol with […]