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Agriculture · Q560

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 560

Q560

Sulphur soil testing is determined by using

A.
CaCl2
Answer
B.
ZnSO4
C.
NH4OAC
D.
NaHCO3

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
A convenient method for determining total Sulphur in soils has been developed by using Calcium chloride.
It consists of the fusion of 0.500 g of soil with 1.4 g of sodium peroxide, followed by the determination of sulphate by turbidimetric measurement after interfering ions have been removed and thus estimated.