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Agriculture · Q201

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 201

Q201

Walkley and Black's method of organic matter determination allows percent recovery.

A.
54
B.
64
C.
80
D.
74
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Walkley and Black's method quantifies the amount of oxidizable organic matter in which organic matter is oxidized with a known amount of chromate in the presence of sulphuric acid.
This method claims to estimate organic carbon and determine the overall organic matter and the percent recovery is about 74%.