sesquioxide
Noun
Meaning
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.
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Amorphous and sesquioxide clays have the highest AEC, followed by the iron oxides.
Even heavier weathering results in sesquioxide clays.sfnsfnsfnsfnsfnsfn silica-sesquioxide Crystalline chain clays The carbonate and sulfate minerals are much more soluble and hence are found primarily in desert soils where leaching is less active.
It takes hundreds of thousands of years of leaching to create sesquioxide clays.
The heavy rains wash the alumino-silicate clays from the soil leaving only sesquioxide clays of low CEC.