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Modeling Boron Adsorption Isotherms and Envelopes Using the Constant Capacitance Model

USDA-ARS, George E. Brown, Jr. Salinity Laboratory, 450 W. Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA 92507
^* Corresponding author (sgoldberg{at}ussl.ars.usda.gov).

Received 30 July 2003.

Boron adsorption on 23 soil samples belonging to six different soil orders was investigated both as a function of solution B concentration (0–23.1 mmol L^–1) and as a function of solution pH (4–11). Boron adsorption exhibited maxima at high solution B concentration. Boron adsorption increased with increasing solution pH, reached a maximum around pH 9, and decreased with further increases in solution pH. The constant capacitance model was able to describe B adsorption on the soil samples as a function of both solution B concentration and solution pH simultaneously by optimizing three surface complexation constants. The ability to describe B adsorption as a function of pH represents an advancement over the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm approaches. Incorporation of these constants into chemical speciation transport models will allow simulation of soil solution B concentrations under diverse environmental and agricultural conditions.

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