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Article: Assessment of peroxide oxidation for acid sulfate soil analysis. 1. Reduced inorganic sulfur.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Australian Journal of Soil Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Introduction
It is important to have an accurate and reliable measure of the reduced inorganic sulfur (generally assumed to be pyrite) content of acid sulfate soil (ASS) materials to avoid inappropriate or unnecessary treatment leading to the possibility of environmental damage or unnecessary cost. The oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur with hydrogen peroxide is a commonly used technique in the determination of the potential environmental risk of ASS, pyritic mine waste, and coal residue (Sobek et al. 1978; Konsten et al. 1988; O'Shay et al. 1990; Lin and Melville 1993; Dent and Bowman 1996; Ahern et al. 1998, 2000; Jennings et al. 2000). In Australia, the ...