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Table 1 Extraction of Inorganic P from Soils*

From: Phosphorus retention in calcareous soils and the effect of organic matter on its mobility

Extractant

P forms extracted

NaOH/NaCl

Al- and Fe-bound

Na citrate-bicarbonate (CB)

Labile pedogenic Ca-rich

Na citrate (C)

Pedogenic Ca-phosphates

Na citrate-ascorbate (CA)

Occluded in poorly crystalline Fe-oxides

Na citrate-bicarbonate-dithionite (CBD)

Occluded in crystalline Fe-oxides

Na acetate

Ca phosphates (excl. lithogenic apatite)

HCl

Lithogenic apatite

  1. *adapted from ref. [23]