Date of Award:
5-1972
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Soil Science and Biometeorology
Committee Chair(s)
J. J. Jurinak
Committee
J. J. Jurinak
Committee
E. J. Middlebrooks
Committee
R. L. Smith
Committee
D. W. James
Abstract
Three adsorption theories--Langmuir, B.E.T., and Freundlich--were applied to boron interaction with Aiken clay loam and Vernal sandy loam soils to determine which bests describes the system.
Column studies were conducted to obtain constants related to mass fluid flow and fluid dispersion within the column. An inert ion was used to obtain the pore volume and to calculate the fluid dispersion coefficient. These data were used to solve the material balance equation by the explicit numerical method developed by Lai for a digital computer. The output from the computer was a predicted profile boron distribution within the soil column.
The soil columns were undergoing saturated flow and 10 ppm boron solution was introduced at the top and allowed to flow for a specified period of time, at which time the column was segmented and analyzed for boron to obtain the experimental profile boron distribution within the soil column. The experimental and predicted profiles were compared.
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Recommended Citation
Stucki, Joseph William, "Boron Movement in Soil Columns" (1972). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3035.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3035
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