79 research outputs found

    Relationship between physical attributes, clay fraction mineralogy and aluminum forms in soil

    Get PDF
    O alumĂ­nio (Al) Ă© um dos elementos mais abundantes em massa nos solos brasileiros, estando presente em diferentes minerais e formas. Considerando a carĂȘncia de informaçÔes sobre a sua participação no comportamento fĂ­sico do solo, buscou-se, no presente estudo, avaliar a relação entre a mineralogia da fração argila, formas de Al e atributos fĂ­sicos de diferentes solos. Para tanto, foram coletadas amostras deformadas e indeformadas dos horizontes A e B de solos representativos das Zonas FisiogrĂĄficas Sul e Campos das Vertentes do estado de Minas Gerais. As amostras foram submetidas Ă s caracterizaçÔes fĂ­sica, quĂ­mica e mineralĂłgica. Estudos de correlação mostraram que os atributos fĂ­sicos dos solos estudados estavam associados Ă s diferentes formas de Al presentes e Ă  mineralogia da fração argila: as formas de Al amorfas e menos cristalinas associaram-se mais aos atributos fĂ­sicos relacionados com a agregação das partĂ­culas do solo, podendo esta associação ser atribuĂ­da Ă  afinidade deste elemento com a matĂ©ria orgĂąnica, enquanto os componentes cristalinos associaram-se mais aos atributos fĂ­sicos relacionados com a organização estrutural dos solos._________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: Aluminum (Al) is one of the most abundant elements in weight in Brazilian soils, found in different minerals and forms. Considering the lack of information about its participation in the physical behavior of soil, the present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the mineralogy of the clay fraction, different forms of Al and physical attributes of different soils. Disturbed and undisturbed samples of A and B horizons of representative soils from the South and Campos das Vertentes physiographic regions in the State of Minas Gerais were therefore collected. The samples were subjected to physical, chemical and mineralogical characterizations. Correlation studies performed with the resulting data from the different characterizations showed that the physical attributes of the different studied soils are associated to the different forms of Al and to the mineralogy of the clay fraction: the amorphous and less crystalline forms of Al were more associated to physical attributes related with particle aggregation, such association being ascribed to the affinity of this element with organic matter, while the crystalline components were more associated to physical attributes related with the structural organization of the soils
    • 

    corecore