KINETICS OF OXIDATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, PART I. RELATIVE ORDERS OF OXIDATION WITH SOME CHEMICAL REAGENTS

The relative order of the rates of oxidation of soil organic matter of save al soil samples and of Merck's humic acid have been carried out with (a) alkaline and add porassaium permanganate solutions and (b) acid potassium dichromate solution. The relative order with all the samples by these oxidants are similar.