Volume 22, Number 2, 1998

Air dried subsurface samples of a heavy textured Red-Yellow Podzolic soil, representative of the industrial solid residue pilot landfill (ISRL) of the National Steel Works (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional-CSN), were packed in 5.4 cm width and 37 cm high glass columns. An acid iron smelter residue was placed on the top of the soil columns to make a 4:1 soil-residue ratio, in consonance with the basic CSN project. To evaluate Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb mobilities, the system […]

The persistence of the fungicide triadimenol was investigated in two soils, a Red-Yellow Podzolic (Paleoudult) and a Latosol Una Variation (typic Haplortox) from Viçosa, MG, Brazil, with and without the incorporation of organic compost, using the thin-layer bioautograph technique. The triadimenol fungicide was added at a rate of 375 mg kg-1 of active ingredient of soil. The extractions of fungitoxic compounds were made at 35, 70 and 115 days after the addition of fungicide to the soils. The experiment was […]

With the objective of evaluating the applicability of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms to boron adsorption in lowland soils (Gleysol and Cambissol) of Rio de Janeiro State Brazil, 1997, laboratory assays were developed using surface and subsurface soil samples. Retention was evaluated by equilibrating samples with calcium chloride solution 0.01 mol L-1 containing 0.0; 1.0; 2.0; 4.0 and 8.0 mg L-1 of B. The use of Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms resulted in the most suitable fit for experimental data.