Boron adsorption

Boron is adsorbed on Fe/Al oxides (goethite and gibbsite) via an inner-sphere mechanism with shifts in zero point of charge (Goldberg et al., 1993). Boron adsorption on Fe/Al oxides increases from pH 3 to 6,... 

Goldberg S., Forster H.S., Heick E.L. Boron adsorption mechanisms on oxides, clay minerals and soils inferred from ionic strength effects. Soil Sci Soc Am J 1993 57 704-708. 

Goldberg, S. Reanalysis of boron adsorption on soils and soil minerals using the constant capacitance model. Soil Sci Soc Am J 1999 63 823-829. 

Goldberg, S. and R.A. Glaubig. 1986. Boron adsorption on Catifomia soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Jour. 50 1173-1176. 

Nicholaichuk, W., A.J. Leyshon, Y.W. fame, and C.A. Campbell. 1988. Boron and salinity survey of irrigated projects and the boron adsorption characteristics of some Saskatchewan soils. Canad. Jour. Soil Sci. 68 77-90. Niedenzu, K. and S. Troflmenko. 1986. Pyrazole derivatives of boron. Pages 1-37 in F.L. Boschke (ed.). 

S. Goldberg, Inconsistency in the triple layer model description of ionic strength dependent boron adsorption, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 285, 509-517 (2005). 

Goldberg, S., Lesch, S. M., and Suarez, D. L. (2000). Predicting boron adsorption by soils using soil chemical parameters in the constant capacitance model. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64, 1356-1363. 

Toner, C.V. and Sparks. D.L., Chemical relaxation and double layer model analysis of boron adsorption on alumina, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 59, 395, 1995. 

Goldberg, S., Forster. H.S., and Heick, E.L., Temperature effects on boron adsorption by reference minerals and soils. Soil Sci., 156, 316, 1993. 

A review paper covering forms of boron in soils, interactions between soil solution boron and adsorbed boron, adsorption-desorption processes, and relationships to plant nutrition is presented. Diagnostic criteria are given for chemical analysis of soils and irrigation waters in terms of boron status, i.e., deficient, adequate, or excessive, and specified according to crop species group. The potential boron hazard of municipal sewage effluents to water supplies is discussed. 

Boron adsorption takes place independently of concomitant adsorption of other anions. For example, adsorption studies with allophanic soils from central Mexico 22) and southern Chile 18) revealed no effect from the simultaneous adsorption of sulfate or phosphate on boron adsorption. 

HARADA T. and TAMAI M. 1968. Factors affecting behaviour of boron in soil 1. Some soil properties affecting boron adsorption of soil. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 14, 215-224. 

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