Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-85-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-85-2025
Original research article
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27 Jan 2025
Original research article |  | 27 Jan 2025

Effect of colloidal particle size on physicochemical properties and aggregation behaviors of two alkaline soils

Yuyang Yan, Xinran Zhang, Chenyang Xu, Junjun Liu, Feinan Hu, and Zengchao Geng

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The differences in organic matter contents and clay mineralogy are the fundamental reasons for the differences in colloidal suspension stability behind the size effects of Anthrosol and Calcisol colloids.  The present study revealed the size effects of two alkaline soil colloids on carbon content, clay minerals, surface properties and suspension stability, emphasizing that soil nanoparticles are prone to be more stably dispersed instead of being aggregated.  
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