Effect of Organic Matter Removal by Hydrogen Peroxide on the Determination of Soil Particle Size Distribution Using the Dynamometer Method

Krzysztof Papuga, Jarosław Kaszubkiewicz, Dorota Kawałko and Maria Kreimeyer
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Krzysztof Papuga: Institute of Soil Science and Environment Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 25 Norwida St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Jarosław Kaszubkiewicz: Institute of Soil Science and Environment Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 25 Norwida St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Dorota Kawałko: Institute of Soil Science and Environment Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 25 Norwida St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Maria Kreimeyer: Agrolab Agrar und Umwelt GmbH, Breslauer Str. 60, 31157 Sarstedt, Germany

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: The dynamometer method of determining particle size distribution was developed several years ago. The principles of sample preparation for this method are based on those used in other sedimentation methods. With improvements in these procedures, an investigation of the effect on obtained particle size distribution results by removing organic matter using hydrogen peroxide was proposed. For this purpose, the particle size distributions were determined in 50 soil samples with varying organic matter content, before and after organic matter removal. A comparative analysis of the results, including calculation of the Euclidean distance, was performed on both groups. It was found that differences in the particle size distributions of the soils after the application of hydrogen peroxide were difficult to predict, and irregular in both magnitude and direction. However, in light soils, the process of organic matter removal caused an increase in the clay fraction at the expense of the silt fraction, which decreased. In soils with a higher initial clay fraction, there were decreases in the clay and sand fractions, while the silt fraction increased.

Keywords: particle size distribution; dynamometer method; grain size analysis; soil organic matter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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