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Section 1: Soil Minerals and Weathering Flashcards

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Mineral Components in soil

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Primary and secondary minerals

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Primary mineral

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rock-forming minerals; formed at high temp and pressures; unstable under current atmospheric conditions; weather and release their ionic constituents

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Secondary mineral

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mineral products of weathering; form under current atmospheric conditions; may be unstable if conditions change but change is very small; typically clay sized <2 micrometers

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Rocks that form soils

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lithophile elements; felsic rock (O, Si, Al, K, Na)- quartz and feldspar; Mafic rock (Mg, Fe, Ca)- olivine, pyroxene, amphiboles

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What composition of soil reflects earth crust composition

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young soils

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building blocks of soil minerals

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tetrahedra and octahedra

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soil mineral structures

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2:1 minerals - tetrahedra: octahedra: tetrahedra

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lattice

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an array of points in space represents the periodic nature of a mineral structure

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Principles of ionic solid structures: the “hard sphere” model

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only applies to ionic solid structure like Si-O or Al-O for example – oxygen sheets filled with cations that are needed for electrical neutrality

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Principles of ionic solid structures: Oxyanion (O2-)

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makes up 47% (by weight), 94% (by volume) of the earths crust

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Principles of ionic solid structures: Aluminosilicates

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most common primary and secondary mineral of the lithosphere and soil; made of oxyanion lattice with smaller metallic cations; stuffed in the interstices of a close-packed structure

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close-packing of spheres

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hexagonal, cubic, etc - cations are in specific places to make it more stable- can extract tetrahedral and octahedral structure from these

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close-packed structures has 2n tetrahedral and n octahedral holes - what is n?

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n is the number of anions

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a polyhedron of anions is formed around…

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each cation in the mineral structure

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coordination number (CN)

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tells you how many anions (ligands) are bonded to the central cation - determined by the radius ratio

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Radius ratio

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r cation/ r anion; dictates the SIZE of the metal cation that can Stably occupy the holes creates by close-packed anions

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tetrahedral holes are

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smaller; accommodate Si4+, Al3+, Fe3+

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octahedral holes are

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larger; accommodate Mg2+, Al3+, Fe3+, Fe2+

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Can Ca+, Na+ and K+ fit into tetrahedral and octahedral structures?

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no, they are too large

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Expected Ion Coordination

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*minimum value thus 0.15-0.224 is trigonal, etc

RR - coordination type - CN

  1. 15 - trigonal-3
  2. 224 - tetrahedron -4
  3. 414 - octahedron - 6
  4. 732 - cube - 8
  5. 00 dodecahedron - 12
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What coordination numbers does Si4+ have? Mg2+ and Fe2+?

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Si 4+ always has CN 4

Mg2+ and Fe2+ always has CN 6

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Bond Valence (v) definition

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charge balanced by each bond; formal charge observed btw the central cation and each coordinating atom (anion or ligand)

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Bond valence (v) equation

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v= z cation/CN

z= valence
CN= coordination number
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octahedral or tetrahedral cation occupancy

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based on electrical charge neutrality; uses bond valence theory to determine their filling

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cations coordinating each anion

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anion charge/ v cation

v = bond valence

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is there charge neutrality on the edges of structures?

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no, because the edge sites have hydroxyls

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main class of soil minerals: phyllosilicates

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formed by: a sharing of 3 oxygens to form hexagonal rings (Si2O5)2-; Si tetrahedra only share corners - stable

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What is the most common form of point sharing for soil minerals?

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the most common is edge sharing or 2 point sharing but the most stable is corner or 1 point sharing

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Pauling Rules for Mineral Structures #1

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a coordinated polyhedron of anions is found about each cation, the cation-anion distance being determined by the radius sum, and the coordination number of the cation by the radius ratio

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Pauling Rules for Mineral Structures #2

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in a stable coordination structure, the total strength of the valency bonds which reach an anion from all the neighboring cations is equal to the charge of the anion

Electrostatic valency principle (bond valence)

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Pauling Rules for Mineral Structures #3

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the existence of edges and particular of faces, common to two anion polyhedra in a coordinated structure decreases its stability; this effect is large for cation with high valency and small coordination number and is especially large when the radius ratio approaches the lower limit of stability of the polyhedron

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Pauling Rules for Mineral Structures #4

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in a crystal containing different cations, those of high valency and small CN tend to not share polyhedral elements with each other *have to optimize spacing

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Pauling Rules for Mineral Structures #5

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the number of essentially different kinds of constituents (polyhedra forming a structure) in a crystal tends to be small

*not much variability in the type of coordination environment

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Common soil mineral structures

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2:1 and 1:1 layer silicate structures

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2:1 layer silicates

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smectite, vermicuites, etc. Illite is the MOST common

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crystal planes and faces

miller indices, hkl

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nomenclature; different mineral crystal faces will have very different properties; 3 main faces/planes -100 (toward on X), 010 (away on Y), 001 (up on z - this area is huge)

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Properties of soil solids: charge

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isomorphous substitution and terminal broken bonds

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isomorphous substitution

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developer a charge within a mineral layer

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isomorphous substitution: permanent or structural charge

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is pH INdependent; replacement of one ion with another having a different charge but with no change in mineral structure

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isomorphous substitution: secondary minerals: charge within a layer implications

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substitution results in a charge deficiency which is delocalized; no bonds are altered thus no chemical affinity for ions in solution; mostly in the 001 plane; ions bind through electrostatic forces; source of cation exchange capacity (CEC) sites

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Terminal broken bonds

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pH DEPENDENT (variable) charge

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Terminal broken bonds: dissociation of pH-dependent functional groups

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dissociate in response to shift in soil pH; addition or release of protons from the surface result in difference charges

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Terminal broken bonds: implications

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charge is localized at specific sites; surface sites are chemically reactive (ions retained by chemical bond or electrostatic forces); develop CEC and/or AEC

44
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Terminal broken bonds: where do they develop?

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on x and y axis (edges) of layer silicate clays; on OM - this is how it gets its charge

45
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why’s quartz always found?

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because it resists weathering due to covalent bonding and lack of charge

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as the Si/O molar ratio increases, what else increases?

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sharing of O, covalence and resistance to weathering

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sheet aluminosilicates (phyllosilicates): Micas

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continuous sheets of tetrahedra; each share 3 basal Os; bound by cations in octahedral coordination(2:1); Al3+ subs for Si4+ in tet sheets (isomorphous sub); K+ ions reside in the interlayer cavities or holes bc the balance charge, link mica layers and K+ is no exchangeable; non-expandable

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Common micas in soils

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muscovite (dioctahedral- 2 aluminum and one out there for neutrality) and biotite (triococtahedral - 3 magnesium to sum to 6 for neutrality)

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framework silicates: feldspar

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3-D framework(corner sharing tetrahedra); each tetrahedra shares all 4 Os; 1 or 2 in 4 of the Si4+ can be replaces by Al3+ (isomorphous sub); framework charge can be balanced by K+, Ca2+, Na+

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framework silicates: Quartz

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3-D framework (corner sharing tetrahedra); each tetrahedra shares all 4 Os; no substitution; not close-packed; strong Si-O-Si bonds

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secondary minerals: layer silicates or phylosilicates: aluminosilicates: composed of:

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Si, Al tetrahedra; Mg, Al, Fe octahedra

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secondary minerals: layer silicates or phylosilicates: aluminosilicates: classification based on

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number of tetrahedra and octahedra in a layer; octahedral site occupancy (octahedral composition: who and how many cations in octahedral positions)

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General Classes of Phyllosilicate Minerals: charged

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All of these have charge because of substitution; with a charge of 1, it is mica; with a fractional charge, it is illite, vermiculite, smectite, these are non-expandable clay minerals

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Process leading to reduction in layer charge (relative to mica)

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cation substitution in the octahedral sheet; exchange of Si4+ for Al3+ in the tetrahedral sheet; Fe2+ oxidation to Fe3+; H+ incorporation into the structure

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permanent charge (layer charge per formula unit) - illite, chlorite, vermiculite, smectite, kaolinite, Fe/Al oxides

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0.6-0.8 illite non-expanding min. swelling; 0.6-0.8 chlorite non-expanding min. swelling; 0.6-0.9 vermiculite expanding some swelling; 0.25-0.6 smectite max. swelling; 0 kaloninite and Fe/Al oxides non-expanding no swelling

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Clay swelling in water depends on

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magnitude of layer charge; location of charge in 2:1 layer; exchange cation charge (and hydration)

Na+ clays freely expand because they need more hydration whereas Ca2+ and Mg2+ have higher charge and hydrate more concentrated

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smectite swelling

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free swelling because of the range of substitution - tetrahedral and octahedral charge

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mica swelling

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no swelling - mostly tetrahedral charge

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vermiculite swelling

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limited expansion - mostly tetrahedral charge

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Variable-charge soil minerals: secondary minerals: oxides and hydroxides of Fe, Al, Mn

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hexagonal or cubic close-packed O2- and/or OH- anions with Fe3+, Al3+, Mn4+, Mn3+ in octahedral sites

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Variable-charge soil minerals: secondary minerals: oxides and hydroxides of Fe, Al, Mn: classification

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arrangement of octahedral (MO6) unites; share corner, edges, faces

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Variable-charge soil minerals: secondary minerals: oxides and hydroxides of Fe, Al, Mn: some characteristics

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have charge-unsatisfied structures anions/ligands on all surface planes

have no permanent (structural) charge

have pH-dependent (variable)charge (both + and -): amphoteric minerals

CEC varies but high SA for the amorphous (short-range ordered, SRO) oxides

retain metal cation and inorganic and organic anions strongly (chemical affinity- chemisorption)

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young soil minerals

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illite, vermiculite, smectite, allophone

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old soil minerals

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kaolinite, Fe oxides, Gibbsite

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variable charge minerals in old soils

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ultisols, oxisols

clay low in CEC

kaolinite, hematite, goethite, gibbsite

low native pH

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variable charge minerals in young soils

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andisols

highly pH-dependent CEC and AEC due to allophonic clays which lack permanent charge

weakly weathered

retain OM very strongly

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Surface charge of variable-charge minerals: point of zero charge

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(PZC) the pH at which magnitude of negative charge is equal to the magnitude of surface positive charge (CEC=AEC)

ability of the surface to adsorb ions of either charge is at a minimum

flocculation/aggregation is favored

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is there a point of zero charge (PZC) for all minerals?

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no, minerals that use isomorphous substitution do not have enough edge sites to stabilize it. Since isomorphous substitution is not pH dependent, there will be little to no change to the charge with a change in pH.

for example - smectite vs allophane

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Clay mineral identification methods

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X-ray diffraction; thermal methods; infrared absorption; electron microscopy; cation exchange

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X-ray diffraction (XRD) why?

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diffraction from more than one row of atoms; use braggs equation to determine d-spacing btw atomic planes

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X-ray diffraction (XRD) how?

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non-destructive technique; applicable to crystalline materials; more than 5% in the samples; prep sample by separating the clay fraction and clean it so that there is no OM or oxides on it

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infrared absorption spectroscopy - vibrational

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two types of bond vibration modes in simple molecules: stretching and bending

identification of functional groups

nature and identity of compounds that are amorphous to XRD

1% in sample for conventional FTIR

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soil formation factors

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parent material, climate, biota, topography, time

74
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conversion of primary minerals to secondary minerals with the release of plant nutrient elements in soluble forms

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primary mineral –weathering– secondary mineral + soluble elements

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soil formation from parent material results in fundamental changes at 3 levels

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physical (reduction in particle size, increase in mineral surface area)

mineralogical (a slow transition from primary to secondary minerals)

chemical (a long-term result of losses in base cations, silica– hydration, hydrolysis, dissolution, carbonation, redox, complexation)

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weathering processes influence…?

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the elemental composition, mineralogy, chemical characteristics and morphology of soils

77
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mineral weathering occurs when…

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water comes into contact with mineral particles

78
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secondary mineral formation

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alteration (weathering process) - part of the parent material structure is inherited by the weather product

neoformation - dissolved Si, Al, Fe, and base cations precipitate at low temp controlled by leaching intensity of local soil environment ; temp and moisture conditions

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Main chemical mechanisms of weathering

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exchange - displacement of base cations in structure by solution cations, most notably H+ dissociated from water to carbonic acid

hydration/hydrolysis - addition of water to the mineral structure by processes which hydrolyze metal-oxygen bonds

oxidation - electron removal from the mineral by molecular oxygen

80
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why is olivine susceptible to weathering?

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because there are no Si-O-Si bonding between tetrahedrons - island silicate- high temp formation - low stability

81
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why is feldspar resistant to weathering?

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high Si-O-Si bonding - point sharing, low temp formation, more stable

82
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congruent dissolution

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stoichiometric - whole mineral is dissolved

83
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mineral weathering rates depend on?

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intrinsic structural stability, mineral specific surface area, temperature, acidity, presence of complexing ligands, efficiency of product removal

84
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What is this equation an example of:

2KAlSi3O8 (feldspar) +2H3O+ +7H2O — Al2Si2O5(OH)4 (kaolinite)+4H4SiO4 (silicic acid) +2K+

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chemical weathering: example of hydrolysis

85
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chelation (ligand-promoted dissolution)

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facilitates detachment of a central metal ion and enhances its dissolution

86
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what kind of dissolution does mica have and why?

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it has incongruent dissolution. K+ decreases as well as particle size and charge and tetrahedral Al3+ while octahedral Al3+ and H2O expansion increases. some biotite is still kept after oxidation/reduction

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what controls the release of K+ from mica

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particle size because the K+ is so small it will be leached immediately

88
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neoformation

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formation of 1:1 layer silicate from a tectosilicate requires dissolution and re-precipitation

89
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are primary and secondary mineral weathering reactions represented by assumed equilibrium expressions?

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no because weathering is an irreversible process under the temperature/pressure conditions at the earths surface

90
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idealized weathering series

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rock - entisol- inceptisol - mollisol (–vertisol and spodosols) - alfisol - ultisol - oxisol

decreasing Si, increasing Al and Fe

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size of particles

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clay - <0.002
silt - <0.02<
sand - <2 mm
gravel - huge

92
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Does clay or sand have more surface area?

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Clay

93
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dioctahedral Kaolinite

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no charge, layers held together by H-bonding, does not swell, low SA and CEC, very widespread in warm and moist climates

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smectite 2:1 layer silicate

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di or tri- octahedral, isomorphous sub in tet or oct sheet, layer with neg charge is mostly in the oct sheet, free swelling clay (high water holding capacity)

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vermiculite 2:1 layer silicate

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di or tri octahedral, higher layer charge (than smectite) - localized in tet sheet, exchangeable cations pull layers together strongly, limited expansion (not much swelling)

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Illite 2:1 layer silicate

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clay-sized hydrous mica, derived from weathering of muscovite (dioctahedral mica), M2+ subs for Al3+ in octahedral layer, less K+ than mica but more structural OH groups, K+ prevents swelling

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Chlorite 2:1 layer silicate

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di or tri octahedral, charge localized in the tet sheet, metal hydroxide interlayer helps to balance the charge (Al3+ subs for Mg2+), non-swelling, no interlayer cation

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hydroxy interlayers

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when metals precipitate within the interlayers of 2:1 minerals with permanent charge

decrease CEC, increase AEC

occurs in vermiculites mostly but also smectites

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