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The chemical buffer system in raw and digested animal slurry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. G. Sommer  and
S. Husted
S. G. Sommer
Affiliation:
The Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science, Research Centre Foulum, PO Box 23, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
S. Husted
Affiliation:
The Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science, Research Centre Foulum, PO Box 23, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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Summary

Slurry pH is of great importance for the regulation of ammonia volatilization from livestock slurry, and therefore more knowledge of the buffer system controlling pH is urgently needed for modelling ammonia losses from stored and surface-applied slurry. The composition of 17 different Danish cattle, pig and biogas plant-digested slurries was studied. The results were used to describe the main buffer components in the slurries, and to discover the most important chemical components necessary for modelling slurry pH. The results showed that the pH of slurry was mainly controlled by the species NH4+/NH3, CO2/HCO3-/CO32- and CH3COOH/CH3COO-, and that ion pair formation did not change the ionic balance significantly. There were only trace amounts of Ca2+, Mg2+ and inorganic phosphates in solution due to precipitation of CaCO3 (calcite) and MgNH4PO4.6H2O (struvite). Measured electrical conductivities were found to be strongly correlated with the calculated ionic strength.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 124 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 45 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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