Chemistry Journal of Moldova

STUDY CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF GAMMA-SPECTROSCOPY METHOD TO DETERMINE THE TOTAL POTASSIUM IN SOILS

Author(s):

Tamara Leah, Zoia Lozovaia


Field: Ecological chemistry
Type: Research paper
Issue: 2011 Volume 6, no.2
Pages: 53-57
Keywords:

gamma-spectrometry, total potassium, 40 K, conversion coefficient, chernozems, podzolic soils.


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DOI:
dx.doi.org/10.19261/cjm.2011.06(2).12

Graphical Abstract: 
It was proved the possibility of determination the total potassium in soils by gamma-spectroscopic method with subsequent calculation of total potassium content in according to value of 40K isotope (expressed in Becquerel, Bq), using the formula:
К2О, % = С . А, where: C – conversion coefficient, A – activity of isotope 40K in soil, Bq/kg. Conversion coefficient for chernozems of Moldova – C=0,00337.


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