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Title Oxygen isotopes of inorganic phosphate in environmental samples : purification and analysis / Joseph Adu-Gyamfi, Verena Pfahler, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 64 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Chapter 1. The Use of the 18OP to Study P Cycling in the Environment -- Chapter 2. Extraction Protocol -- Chapter 3. Purification Protocol -- Chapter 4. Modifications and Issues during Purification -- Chapter 5. How to Design a Study including the Analysis of 18OP -- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Way Forward
Summary This open access book distinguished itself from other publications by offering step-by-step instructions on how to extract, purify, provide modifications, and major issues to be encountered during the process. For the 18OP method to progress, further fundamental research as well as field and laboratory studies need to be conducted for a better understanding of P cycling in the environment. Chapter 1 outlines the background and examples of 18Op studies in sediments, soils, fresh water, mineral fertilizers, and plants. Chapters 2 and 3 examine the stepwise extraction and purification protocols including reagents, equipment and consumables and preparations for analyses. Chapter 4 examines some of the challenges and modifications during the purification process. Chapter 5 discusses planning and designing of a study using 18Op, external quality assurance with an example of an inter-laboratory study. Chapter 6 outlines the conclusions, future trends, and opportunities, the scaling out of the method from laboratory to field studies. It is expected that the 18OP would be extensively applied in research geared to understand phosphorus dynamics in different agro-environments.
Analysis Environment
Phosphorus
Water Quality and Groundwater
Stable Isotopes
Protocol and Environmental P cycle
Fertilizer and Microbes
Water Quality and Pollution
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 20, 2022)
In OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN
Subject Environmental chemistry.
Oxygen -- Isotopes.
Phosphates.
Oxygen Isotopes
Phosphates
Environmental chemistry
Oxygen -- Isotopes
Phosphates
Form Electronic book
Author Adu-Gyamfi, Joseph, editor
Pfahler, Verena, editor
ISBN 9783030974978
3030974979