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Rapid methods of examining soils. II. The use of p–nitrophenol for assessing lime status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. K. Schofield
R. K. Schofield
Affiliation:
(Soil Physics Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.)
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Summary

By the use of a solution of p–nitrophenol in lime water a rapid and simple measurement can be made of the lime taken up by a soil sample in reaching neutrality. The same method applied to acid-washed samples gives the exchangeable base content at pH 7.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 1933 , pp. 252 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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