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Soil and Ash pH Concentrations
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Soil and Ash pH Concentrationsby Ali, Celine and Francesca
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Background on Ash
“Scientists have found that ash particles in the streams can shred the fish’s gills and drive up the water’s alkalinity, possibly affecting reproduction and setting the stage for die-offs” (NY Times).
Ash in meadow contaminated by fire retardants
chemicals sometimes letting out dioxins / furans
harming future generation of wildlife
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Ash Makeup
Combustion of wood ash:
Mostly carbon
Calcium carbonate (in the white, not black)
Calcium oxide
Iron oxide
Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, trace minerals
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Background on Van Norden Meadow
Largest level area in the Donner Summit Area which makes it very easy for ash to be blown in and for ash to settle
Used to be a lake
Second largest sub-alpine wetland in the Northern Sierra
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King Fire
Started Sept 13
Started by an arsonist in El Dorado County
Has burned 100,000 acres
Now 72% contained
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How much ash will it take to change the pH of the soil and will it become more basic or
acidic?
Main Question
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Materials
Soil from meadow
Ash from meadow
Distilled water
Scale
pH test kit
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Procedure
1. Collect carbon (ash) remnants from meadow
2. Collect soil sample from 1 area in meadow
Part 1: In the Field
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Procedure
1. Measure 0.5 grams of soil
2. Measure varying amounts of ash (to make desired ratio with soil)
3. Mix ash and soil
4. Add to pH test kit
5. Add pH pill, water, and
6. Compare color of test to pH chart
7. Repeat 8 times varying the amount of ash
8. Record data
Part 2: In the Lab-rary
shake
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Hypothesis
The soil will become more basic with the increasing amounts of ash
It will take 5 grams of ash per 12 grams of soil
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pH of Soil : Ashg soil: ash pH
0.5: 0 6.75
0.5 : 0.01 7.00.5 : 0.05 6.650.5 : 0.15 6.90.5 : 0.25 6.70.5 : 0.5 6.80.5 : 0.75 7.20.5 : 1:0 7.20.5 : 1.25 7.4
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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.46.075
6.3
6.525
6.75
6.975
7.2
7.425
7.65
6.75
7
6.65
6.9
6.76.8
7.2 7.2
7.4R² = 0.711696284873025
pH of Soil : Ash
grams of ash per 0.5 grams of soil
pH
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Conclusion
It takes 0.01 grams of ash to change the pH of 0.5 grams of soil
for every 1,000 grams of soil, 20 grams of ash will change it’s pH to make it more basic
As we increase the amount of ash, the pH of the soil becomes more basic (increases)
experimental error
Soil in meadow most likely more basic than last year because of ash
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What Could We Do Better?
Be more precise in pouring the soil into the pH test
Breaking the capsule more carefully
Taking soil from different areas in the meadow
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Relations
Group who tested ash concentrations in water
the more ash added, the more basic the water became
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Bibliography
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/science/earth/03fire.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Spencer Eusden: Headwater Science Institute
http://meadows.ucdavis.edu/files/SNMP_StatusReport_2012_Extras.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/wastemin/minimize/factshts/dioxfura.pdf
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