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Interparticle Forces in Relation to the Stability of Soil Aggregates

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Soil Colloids and Their Associations in Aggregates

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The forces which operate within soil aggregates and which alter their cohesion or stability can, for the purposes of discussion, be divided into two groups. One group requires the presence, as it were, of foreign materials, other than water, to establish interparticle binding forces. These include inorganic cementing agents such as iron oxides, organic matter such as polyelectrolytes and polar macromolecules which adsorb onto particle surfaces to form interparticle bridges, as well as much larger entities such as fungal hyphae and plant roots. In effect, these agencies are capable of establishing very long range interparticle forces and, therefore, of contributing directly to the stability of aggregates.

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Murray, R.S., Quirk, J.P. (1990). Interparticle Forces in Relation to the Stability of Soil Aggregates. In: De Boodt, M.F., Hayes, M.H.B., Herbillon, A., De Strooper, E.B.A., Tuck, J.J. (eds) Soil Colloids and Their Associations in Aggregates. NATO ASI Series, vol 214. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2611-1_16

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