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SUBMITTER: Woche SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5314406 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woche Susanne K SK Goebel Marc-O MO Mikutta Robert R Schurig Christian C Kaestner Matthias M Guggenberger Georg G Bachmann Jörg J
Scientific reports 20170217
Soil wettability (quantified in terms of contact angle, CA) is crucial for physical, chemical, and biological soil functioning. As the CA is determined by components present within the outmost nanometer of particles, this study applied X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with a maximum analysis depth of 10 nm to test the relationship between CA and surface elemental composition, using soil samples from a chronosequence where CA increased from 0° (0 yrs) to about 98° (120 yrs). Concurrently, a ...[more]