User talk:Kyle MoJo

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Welcome to the Wikipedia soil pages!

Thanks for the review of "Soil pH". I had a look at your CEC draft; it looks like a big improvement on the existing Cation-exchange capacity page. I particularly like your diagrams! I copied your draft to User:Alandmanson/CEC draft and made some changes - have a look and use whatever you want to. The only other comment is that I have chosen to use the USDA NRCS methods document^[1] as a citation on the pH page - not because I prefer US documents, but because it is online and open-source. For the same reasons, I would use it as a reference on the CEC page.

Thanks for your efforts; the soils stuff on WP can certainly use a lot of attention! --Alandmanson (talk) 12:07, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments on the CEC article. I'm making a few changes and will put it up in mainspace today. It's great to know there is activity in the soil science area, despite the limited activity in the Wikiproject!

Well Done! --Alandmanson (talk) 19:37, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anion exchange capacity

Hi there, I've just done a major rewrite on Cation-exchange capacity. I was considering incorporating your recent edits on anion-exchange capacity, but the sources I have seen attribute AEC largely to aluminium and iron oxides. A role of silanols at soil-relevant pH would surprise me, since they are normally acidic. Do you have a good reference for the role of silicates? Kyle MoJo (talk) 10:27, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks, sorry to discover lately your message. I will try to find such a reference on anion exchange by silicate, but often anion exchanges occur with layer double hydroxide (LDH). Cheers, Shinkolobwe (talk) 20:03, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

^ Soil Survey Staff (2014). R. Burt and Soil Survey Staff (ed.). Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 42, Version 5.0 (PDF). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. pp. 276–279. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

[USDA2014-1] Soil Survey Staff (2014). R. Burt and Soil Survey Staff (ed.). Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 42, Version 5.0 (PDF). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. pp. 276–279. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

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