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Neutralization of Acidity and Ionic Composition of Rainwater in Taean  

Lee, Jong-Sik (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kim, Min-Kyeong (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Park, Seong-Jin (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Choi, Chul-Mann (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Jung, Tae-Woo (Taean-gun Agricultural Development & Technology Center)
Jung, Im-Young (Taean-gun Agricultural Development & Technology Center)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.42, no.5, 2009 , pp. 336-340 More about this Journal
Abstract
The issue of acid precipitation and related environmental problems in East Asia has been emerging. To evaluate the acidity and chemical characteristics of rainwater in Korea, its chemical properties during cultivation season from April to October were investigated at Taean in 2007. Also, to estimate the contribution of ions on its acidity, ion composition characteristics and neutralization effects by cation ions were determined. The ion balance between cations and anions values showed high correlation. The mean values of pH and EC were 4.9 and $32.9{\mu}S\;cm^{-1}$, respectively. The EC of rainwater showed seasonal characteristic, which was $91.4{\mu}S\;cm^{-1}$ with relatively low rainfall compared with other monitoring periods. $Na^+$ was the main cation followed by $NH_4{^+}$ > $Ca^{2+}$ > $H^{+}$ > $Mg^{2+}$ > $K^+$. Among these ions, $Na^{+}$ and $NH_4{^+}$ covered over 70% of total cations. In the case of anion, the order was $SO_4{^{2-}}$ > $NO_3{^-}$ > $Cl^{-}$. The mean value of sulfate, which is main anion component in the samples was $152.1{\mu}eq\;L^{-1}$. Also, 90% of soluble sulfate in rainwater was $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$(non-sea salt sulfate). With fractional acidity and theoretical acidity of rainwater samples, $NH_4{^+}$ and $Ca^{2+}$ contributed greatly in neutralizing the rain acidity.
Keywords
Rainwater; Taean; Neutralization; Fractional acidity;
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