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Analysis of sulfur-containing components of a soil treated with simulated acid rain

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Samples of the LFH and Bfh horizons of an Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol were analyzed for S components after irrigation with simulated acid rain solutions of pH 5.7, 3.5, and 2.0 for 720 days. Organic S was preponderant. In the LFH horizon, the mass ratio of ester sulfate: carbon-bonded S was approximately I : 1 for samples treated with solutions of pH 5.7 and 3.5; for the sample treated with the pH-2.0 solution, the ratio was about 2 : 1 and the concentrations of both inorganic sulfate and ester sulfate were markedly higher. In the Bth horizon, carbon-bonded S was the major form of organic S, except in the sample subjected to the high-acid (pH 2.0) simulated rain. The organic S components were further separated into chloroform-soluble, aqueous trifluoracetic acid-soluble, and residual fractions. Significant increases in inorganic sulfate, both water soluble and adsorbed were found after the pH-2.0 treatment.

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    Gary W. Vanloon, George W. Hay & Raymond H-T. Goh

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Vanloon, G.W., Hay, G.W. & Goh, R.HT. Analysis of sulfur-containing components of a soil treated with simulated acid rain. Water Air Soil Pollut 34, 233–240 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193771

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