cation exchange
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He recommends treating the issue at the water point of entry to the home with cation exchange resin, a type of ion exchange.
From Los Angeles Times
As we spent a chilly couple of hours in the fields, he kept returning to the need to maintain proper levels of cation exchange capacity.
From Washington Post
He likes it for such technical aspects as a low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, high mineral content and its high cation exchange capacity, which is a measure of the availability of nutrients to plants.
From Washington Post
In the words of soil science, this functioning like a storage battery for minerals is called cation exchange capacity.
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