Practice mode Soil Science

The Walkley and Black method of organic matter determination recovers about what percentage of organic carbon?

Correct answer A. 77%

Explanation

Walkley and Black found that about 77% of organic carbon is oxidised, which is why a correction factor of 1.3 is applied.

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