Phosphorus binding to soil organic matter via ternary complexes with calcium

Chemosphere
Yuki AudettePhilippe Van Cappellen

Abstract

Soil organic matter (SOM) is known to exert a major control on the mobility and bioavailability of cationic nutrients. However, the role of SOM in the fate of anionic nutrients, especially phosphorus (P), is less well characterized. The objectives of this study were to (1) compare the formation of binary complexes of calcium (Ca) with humic acids (HA) extracted from two contrasting soils, and (2) determine if binary HA-Ca complexes could incorporate P by forming ternary HA-Ca-P complexes. The Ca binding capacities of the HA extracted from an agricultural organic soil (AOS) and a pristine riparian soil (RS) were measured via potentiometric titrations; the formation of ternary complexes was analyzed by size fractionation using MWCO tubes. Proton and Ca binding capacities of RS-HA were higher than AOS-HA, and pH had a weaker effect on Ca binding to RS-HA. These differences are consistent with lower proportions of aromatic groups, and a higher proportion of alkyl groups derived from 13C NMR spectroscopy. Together, the NMR, titration and MWCO data indicate that Ca binds to RS-HA through monodentate complexes and electrostatic attraction that are capable of binding P producing ternary complexes. In contrast, at pH 8.5 Ca forms bident...Continue Reading

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