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IT is a widely held view that oxides of iron and aluminium play important parts in phosphate sorption by acid soils. Several arguments in support of this are presented in reviews by Wild1 and Hem wall2. The most direct argument is based on observations that phosphate sorption is reduced markedly when both oxides are removed by chemical extraction. Such observations, however, do not permit the relative contribution of each oxide to be assessed.
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BROMFIELD, S. Relative Contribution of Iron and Aluminium in Phosphate Sorption by Acid Surface Soils. Nature 201, 321–322 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201321b0
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