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Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica
Print version ISSN 0123-4226
Abstract
COMBATT C., Enrique; PALACIO B., Daniel and MERCADO L., Jaime. CHEMICAL EXTRACTANTS IN THE EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE SILICON IN ACID SOILS, NEUTRAL AND ALKALINE. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.2, pp.329-339. ISSN 0123-4226.
The available silicon content has generally been determined in acid soils, but neglected its quantification in other soils, to be able to make recommendations of this element according to its content for each soil. The objective of this research was to evaluate the available silicon in soils of the department of Córdoba, Colombia by means of different chemical extractors. Samples of acid, neutral and alkaline soils were collected at the depth of 20cm and sent to the Laboratory of Soils and Waters of the University of Córdoba to determine the available silicon content. The chemical extractors were 0.01mol L-1 calcium chloride, 0.5mol L-1 acetic acid, 38.5g L-1 ammonium acetate, pH 4.0 buffer (HC2H3O2 + CH3COONa) and the method proposed by the authors, named barium chloride solution. For extraction, 5g of soil were weighed and 50mL of extractant was added and the mixture was stirred for 1h at 220rpm, filtered and left standing for 12h. The quantification was performed in a spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 66nm and the chemical determination was performed in series with three replicates, analyzed by correlation and contrasts. In general, according to results of higher to lower concentration, silicon was presented in the following sequence of extraction, alkaline soils> neutral> acids. By means of the Tukey test and contrasts it was concluded that the barium chloride solution could be used as alternative to the reference method in the determination of silicon in the three types of soils. In addition, for alkaline soils, the ammonium acetate method 38.5g L-1 can also be used as an alternative for the determination of silicon.
Keywords : Chemical methods; reagents; analytical methodologies; chemical element.
