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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

cation exchange Process in which cations in solution are exchanged with cations held on the exchange sites of mineral and organic matter, particularly on the surfaces of colloids of clay and humus.

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