Article: Reports outline life sciences study results from Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

Data detailed in 'Sorption-desorption of trinitrotoluene in soils: effect of saturating metal cations' have been presented. "Clay minerals in soils control the sorption and mobility of nitroaromatics in munitions contaminated soils. Therefore, effect of exchangeable cations (NH4+ , K+, Ca2+, and Al3+) on sorption-desorption of trinitrotoluene (TNT) was studied in two reference soils viz sandy loam and silty clay," scientists in New Delhi, India report (see also Life Sciences).

"Compared to control soils, K+ ion saturation significantly increased TNT sorption in both the soils, while other cations decreased TNT sorption. Effect of K+ saturation on sorption of TNT ...

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