356-25 Comparing Headspace and Alkalai Trap Methods of Carbon Mineralization Measurement In a Papermill Biolsolid Ammended Soil Incubation Study.



Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Hall C, Street Level

Cory J. Roberts and Gordon Price, Engineering, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Bible Hill, NS, Canada
An experiment was conducted to compare the measurement of C mineralization using two different methods.  Headspace gas sampling with analysis using GC was compared to an alkali trap method.  The experiment was conducted with a soil amended with a papermill biosolid (PMB) material at rates equivalent to 0, 27, 54, and 81 t/ha.   The soil was incubated at 25C and C mineralization was measured with both methods over eight sampling periods for a total of 167 days.  Initial results show correlation between the C mineralization measured with the two methods, however significant differences were observed.   We will present modeling parameters for C mineralization with increasing rates of PMB relative to measurement techniques.
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