Abbreviation/Acronym |
Description |
a-ANCE |
net (excess) acid neutralising capacity in acidity units |
AAS |
atomic absorption spectrometry/spectrophotometer |
AASS |
actual acid sulfate soil/s |
AgNO3 |
silver nitrate |
AHD |
Australian height datum |
Al and Al3+ |
aluminium and trivalent aluminium ion |
ANCE |
‘excess’ acid -neutralising capacity |
ASPAC |
Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council Inc. |
ASS |
acid sulfate soils (embraces actual and potential AAS) |
ASTM |
American Society for Testing Materials |
AV |
agricultural value (of limestone) |
BAC |
buffer soil acidity |
BD |
bulk density |
BOD |
biological oxygen demand |
BP |
before present |
BSES |
Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations |
CaCO3 |
calcium carbonate or limestone |
CaSO4.½H2O |
plaster of paris |
CaSO4.2H2O |
hydrated gypsum |
CEC |
cation exchange capacity |
CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
common soil anions |
bicarbonate (HCO3-), carbonate (CO32-), chloride (Cl–), nitrate (NO3-), sulfate (SO42-) |
common soil cations |
calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), potassium (K+), sodium (Na+) |
CrCl2 |
chromium chloride |
D |
half-drain spacing (m) |
DDW |
high-purity double deionised water |
dia |
diameter |
DO |
dissolved oxygen |
EC |
electrical conductivity |
EC/SE |
electrical conductivity of saturation extract |
ECa |
apparent soil electrical conductivity |
Eh |
redox potential |
EM |
electromagnetic induction |
EMF |
electro motive force |
EMh |
electromagnetic induction measurement in the horizontal coil-mode configuration |
EPC |
equilibrium P concentration |
ER |
efficiency rating |
Fe |
iron |
Fe2+ |
ferrous iron |
Fe2O3 |
ferric oxide or hematite |
Fe2S3 |
iron sesquisulfide |
Fe3+ |
ferric iron |
FeOOH |
goethite |
FES |
flame emission spectrometry |
FeS |
ferrous sulfide |
FeS2 |
marcasite or white iron pyrite (lighter and more brittle than pyrite) |
FeS2 |
iron pyrite |
FIA |
flow injection analysis |
GFAAS |
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry |
H+ |
hydrogen ion |
H2O2 |
hydrogen peroxide |
H2S |
hydrogen sulfide |
H2SO4 |
sulfuric acid |
HCl |
hydrochloric acid |
HD |
drain depth (m) |
HEPA |
high efficiency particulate absolute |
ID |
internal diameter |
h |
hour/s |
I2 |
iodine |
IC |
ion chromatography |
ICPAES |
inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry |
ICP-MS |
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry |
JCU |
James Cook University |
K+ |
potassium ion |
KCl |
potassium chloride |
KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
jarosite |
Ksat |
saturated hydraulic conductivity (mm/day) |
Ksp |
solubility product |
LCS |
laboratory control sample |
LOR |
lower limit of reporting |
LR |
lime requirement |
M |
molar |
MC |
moisture content (of limestone) |
min |
minute/s |
MIR |
mid-range infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy |
mL |
millilitre |
MPC |
calcium dihydrogen phosphate |
MSDS |
material safety data sheets |
mV |
millivolt |
N2 |
nitrogen gas |
NOx |
oxides of N |
NRW |
Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland (now Department of Environment and Resource Management) |
NV |
neutralising value, or neutralising capacity |
o.d. |
oven-dry |
O2 |
oxygen |
°C |
degrees centigrade |
OC |
organic carbon, typically reported as carbon (C) |
OM |
organic matter |
PASS |
potential acid sulfate soil/s |
PBC |
phosphorus buffer capacity |
PBI |
phosphorus buffer index |
pH |
negative log (base 10) of hydrogen ion concentration |
pHw |
pH of a 1:5 soil/water extract |
PO4-P |
orthophosphate-P |
POC |
particulate organic carbon |
POM |
particulate organic matter |
POS |
peroxide oxidisable sulfur |
POSA |
peroxide oxidisable sulfidic acidity |
ppm |
part per million |
PQL |
practical quantitation limit |
psi |
pounds per square inch |
RCF |
relative centrifugal force |
RODI |
reverse osmosis deionised water |
S and S2– |
elemental sulfur and sulfide ion |
SE |
saturation extract/s |
sec |
second/s |
SFA |
segmented, continuous flow analysis |
SKCl |
soluble and adsorbed sulfur – SPOCAS and POSA methods |
SOC |
soil organic carbon |
SOM |
soil organic matter |
SPOCAS |
suspension peroxide oxidation combined acidity and sulfate |
std.dev. |
standard deviation |
TAA |
titratable actual acidity |
TOC |
total organic carbon |
TOS |
total oxidisable sulfur |
TP |
total phosphorus (in soil) |
TPA |
titratable potential acidity |
TSA |
total sulfidic acidity |
TSC |
total soil carbon |
TSN |
total soil nitrogen |
TSS |
total soluble salts |
WSOC |
readily water-soluble forms of C |
XRF |
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry |
ZnS |
zinc sulfide |