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Revisiting soil texture analysis: Practices towards a more accurate Bouyoucos method

The Bouyoucos method lacks sample pre-treatment whereby samples are dispersed for only 2 min after being soaked in 5% sodium hexametaphosphate (calgon) for 15–20 h. This study aimed to improve the accuracy of the Bouyoucos (Hydrometer) method of particle size analysis by proposing the best sample pr...

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Autor principal: Mwendwa, Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9119835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35600453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09395