Fractionation of Humus by Sulfacetolysis |
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| Authors: | Jiro Kosaka Chikabumi Honda |
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| Institution: | Section of Soil and Fertilizers , National Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Tokyo , Japan |
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| Abstract: | Introduction Springer1) used in his earlier work acetyl bromide for separating true humic substance from soil organic matter, and proposed to designate the degree of decomposition (Zersetzungsgrad) by such a numeral Ch Ct x 100, of which Ct, was total carbon, and Ch was carbon insoluble in acetyl bromide. In Germany this numeral, abbreviated as Z. G., has been widely applied. |
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| Keywords: | rice paddy soil plant debris microbial numbers physical fractionation |
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