Indicators of lime reactivity in soil: particle size, carbon dioxide evolution, and citric acid titration

Leaching of strontium from Albic Retisol limed with Sr-containing industrial waste

“…In the eluates of the 6 th to 8 th washings, the amount of Sr decreased and was at the level of 0.3 mg. A comparative analysis of the data on Sr content in the eluates of individual washings of the two treatments showed that in all cases the amount of Sr leached in the treatment with low-humus soil was greater than that from composed by particles with a size of <0.25 mm (Table 3). This predetermines its high reactivity and rapid dissolution, since the finer the lime particle is the greater the reactive surface area of soils (Heinrich et al, 2020).…”