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Nuclear and conventional methods for soil determination in sugar cane industry

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Scandium and ash methods' performances were compared in terms of soil content assessment in sugar cane loads, emphasizing the common sampling drawbacks. Both methods are adequate for such determination in controlled conditions. The scandium has demonstrated better analytical characteristics, since it is free from interferences of cane matrix, which decreases the accuracy of the ash method in normal mill conditions.

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  1. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, P.O. Box 96, 13400-970, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

    Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes & Márcio Arruda Bacchi

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  1. Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes
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De Nadai Fernandes, E.A., Bacchi, M.A. Nuclear and conventional methods for soil determination in sugar cane industry. Biol Trace Elem Res 43, 643–648 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02917367

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