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    Alkali, or Alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH (greater than 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity. Often they have a hard...
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  • chemistry, an alkali (/ˈælkəlaɪ/; from Arabic: القلوي, romanized: al-qaly, lit. 'ashes of the saltwort') is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an...
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    meanings: 1) a soil with a pH greater than 8.2, 2) soil with an exchangeable sodium content above 15% of exchange capacity. The term "alkali soil" is often...
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  • An alkali sink is a salty basin land form. In these depressions, which are found only in the San Joaquin Valley, California, rainwater drains to the basin...
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    Feldspar (redirect from Alkali feldspar)
    the feldspar group are the plagioclase (sodium-calcium) feldspars and the alkali (potassium-sodium) feldspars. Feldspars make up about 60% of the Earth's...
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    the soil which would make soil draining capacity very poor. So plant roots can not penetrate deep into the soil for optimum growth in Alkali soils. When...
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    leaching and decreases the phosphorus content of some leaves. Alkali soils Soil conservation Soil pH Agricultural lime Aluminum Pang, Ziqin; Tayyab, Muhammad;...
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    in the soil solution) as soils wet up or dry out, as plants take up nutrients, as salts are leached, or as acids or alkalis are added. Plant nutrient...
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    The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with...
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  • alkalinity. Acid sulfate soil Alkali soil Freshwater acidification Ocean acidification Helyar, K. R.; Porter, W. M. (1989). "2 - Soil Acidification, its Measurement...
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