title: The ratio of clay content to total organic carbon content is a useful parameter to predict adsorption of the herbicide butachlor in soils.
abstract: Thirteen soils collected from 11 provinces in eastern China were used to investigate the butachlor adsorption. The results indicated that the total organic carbon (TOC) content, clay content, amorphous Fe2O3 content, silt content, CEC, and pH had a combined effect on the butachlor sorption on soil. Combination of the data obtained from the 13 soils in the present study with other 23 soil samples reported by other researchers in the literature showed that Koc would be a poor predictive parameter for butachlor adsorption on soils with TOC content higher than 4.0% and lower than 0.2%. The soils with the ratio of clay content to TOC content (RCO) values less than 60 adsorbed butachlor mainly by the partition into soil organic matter matrix. The soils with RCO values higher than 60 apparently adsorbed butachlor by the combination of the partition into soil organic matter matrix and adsorption on clay surface.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Zhongzhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Panming
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jilani
mesh_terms: D000083:Acetanilides; D000327:Adsorption; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002244:Carbon; D002681:China; D000077215:Clay; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006540:Herbicides; D006812:Humic Substances; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants
chemical_list: D000083:Acetanilides; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D006540:Herbicides; D006812:Humic Substances; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002244:Carbon; C054409:butachlor; D000077215:Clay