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Redox Potential In Soil. Background Oxidation-reduction and acidbase reac-tions are essential for the maintenance of all living organisms. This washing of iron off of soil particles is what manifests into the formation of redox depletions. The E H is an important factor influencing metal mobilization and methylation in floodplain soils. The Standard Reduction Potential or Eh value indicates the rate at which electron exchanges take place in the soil.
However redox potential Eh has received little attention in agronomy unlike pH which is regardedasamastervariableAgronomistsareprobably depriving themselves of a key factor in crop and soil. The Standard Reduction Potential or Eh value indicates the rate at which electron exchanges take place in the soil. We see redox depletions in soils as areas of low chroma color typically chroma 2 or less and value 4 or more. Dry soils typically carry a low Eh value. The results are summarized as follows. The platinum electrode readily transfers electrons either to or from the medium but presumably does not react chemically with the medium.
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For instance the center of a humid soil aggregate of 67 mm in diameter can have a redox potential 100 to 200 mV lower than its surface Kaurichev and Tararina 1972. Eh in soils generally ranges between 1 and 1 V. Drew et al 1988. The results are summarized as follows. Once the iron has become mobile it is. These types of colors have a gray to white appearance because those are the colors of the underlying soil mineralogy when it is not coated with iron.