Observações sôbre métodos de determinação da capacidade de troca de cations do solo

The use of percolation tubes for extraction of exchangeable bases from the soil is a routine in this laboratory. The present paper deals with the use of the same technique for determining the exchange capacity of soils, employing the ammonium acetate method. The proper ratio of soil to volume of extracting solution was determined. The differences between the methods employing calcium acetate and ammonium acetate are mainly the higher H+ and Al+++ extraction given by the former.