Research Article

Phosphorus Sorption Kinetics in Reclaimed Lignite Mine Soils under Different Age Stands of Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Northeast Germany

Table 6

Coefficient of determination () for the kinetics equations of the measured P (de)sorption at the 0–3, 3–10, and 10–30 cm soil layers under 2 (R2), 3 (R3), 4 (R4), and 14 (R14) years old Robinia pseudoacacia plantations.

Study site Coefficient of determination—
Sorption Desorption
Elovich Parabolic Exponential ElovichParabolic Exponential

0–3 cm
R2 0.97 0.83 0.96 0.98 0.85 0.94
R3 0.92 0.71 0.9 0.99 0.91 0.98
R4 0.95 0.84 0.94 0.99 0.93 0.97
R14 0.98 0.83 0.98 0.99 0.96 0.98

3–10 cm
R2 0.97 0.83 0.97 0.99 0.88 0.95
R3 0.94 0.82 0.93 0.98 0.94 0.98
R4 0.91 0.69 0.89 0.99 0.95 0.97
R14 0.85 0.59 0.82 0.99 0.96 0.98

10–30 cm
R2 0.97 0.88 0.96 0.99 0.91 0.98
R3 0.93 0.75 0.87 0.99 0.87 0.95
R4 0.96 0.82 0.95 0.99 0.91 0.96
R14 0.92 0.71 0.92 0.99 0.94 0.96