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Agriculture · Q686

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 686

Q686

Gapon's equation is widely-used equation to describe

A.
P status of soils
B.
CEC of soils
Answer
C.
Organic matter of soils
D.
Water status of soils

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Gapon’s equation is a widely used equation to describe the CEC of soils. CEC is the cation exchange capacity of the soil and it is a measure of how many cations can be retained on the soil particle surface.
The Gapon exchange equation is commonly used to study binary heterovalent exchange reactions. The Gapon equation help to maintain the ratio of sodium to calcium on the soil colloid surface content.