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Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Volume 15, 1984 - Issue 7
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A simple high sample volume ashing procedure for determination of soil organic matter

Donald A. Storer Agronomic Service Laboratory, AGRICO Chemical Company, Box 6 39, Washington Court House, Ohio, 43160
Pages 759-772 | Published online: 11 Nov 2008
 
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Abstract

A simple ashing procedure for routine determination of soil organic matter is described. Two hundred fifteen soils from 19 states and Canada were ashed at 500° C and the percent weight loss plotted against the percent organic matter determined by Walkley‐Black titration. The resulting regression equation gave a correlation coefficient of 0.98. The organic matter content of experimental samples ranged from 0.64% to 52.4% as determined by the Walkley‐Black method. The proposed procedure incorporates a computerized weighing system and permits 1600 organic matter determinations per day.

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