TY - JOUR
AU - Jackson, M. L.
AB - Published October, 1952 NOTES sample in the induction heating. Preliminary tests SOIL ORGANIC CARBON DETERMINATION show that the iron powder had to be intimately mixed WITH FISHER INDUCTION CARBON APPARATUS with the soil material in order to obtain complete re- 1 covery of the soil carbon. Placement of the iron powder The Fisher induction carbon apparatus is designed above and below the sample resulted in incomplete for the determination of carbon in steel. The sample CO release. The final procedure follows: of steel is heated by induction effects in the iron; the CO is driven off and collected for gravimetric de- An alundum boat is lined with granular alundum termination. It appeared of interest to see whether this (passed through 0.2-mm sieve openings) so that the apparatus could be used for the determination of car- boat is about one-half filled. Then approximately 0.5 bon of soils since the ignition can be performed from gm of powdered electrolytic iron is spread evenly over the beginning to the end of the cycle in 2 minutes. In the alundum. The air-dried soil sample, ground to pass addition, the apparatus is commercially available at a a 0.2-mm sieve (1.364 gm for samples containing 
TI - Soil Organic Carbon Determination With Fisher Induction Carbon Apparatus
JO - Soil Science Society of America Journal
DO - 10.2136/sssaj1952.03615995001600040013x
DA - 1952-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/soil-organic-carbon-determination-with-fisher-induction-carbon-bTMB6GaDdo
SP - 370
EP - 371
VL - 16
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -