[A methodical comparison of respiration measurement in an incubation experiment (author's transl)]

Zentralbl Bakteriol Naturwiss. 1979;134(3):249-53.
[Article in German]

Abstract

For the determination of CO2-content from incubation experiments infrared-absorption, interferometer and titration methods were compared with regard of the reproduction of experimental results. The data obtained by titration were general higher. The middle coefficients of variation amounted for infrared-absorption 6.79%, interferometer 13.41% and titration 21.78%. The repititions, which are necessary for the statistical safety of the methods, are given. By the method of infrared-absorption the higher water-loss of the soil is reduced by water-saturation of the air in the incubation vessel.

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide / analysis*
  • Interferometry
  • Methods
  • Soil / analysis*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared

Substances

  • Soil
  • Carbon Dioxide