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A comparison of a tissue solubilization method with a combustion method for liquid scintillation counting of14C-labelled soil

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A comparison between a tissue solubilization method and a sample oxidizer technique to measure14C in plant and soil material is described. The solubilization method although not quantitative gives good recoveries and reproducible values of14C-content with soil samples not exceeding 10 mg and should be of value for estimating the14C-content of soils in laboratories without a sample oxidizer.

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Whipps, J.M. A comparison of a tissue solubilization method with a combustion method for liquid scintillation counting of14C-labelled soil. Plant Soil 77, 381–385 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02182941

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