RECEIVE:
<br />Borer Environmental pollution Consultinst (BEPC)
<br />The chemical and physica properties tested and the methods used by Key Ag Services seem
<br />appropriate (shown in Table 1).
<br />Table 1:
<br />MEASUREMENT
<br />pH, Saturated Paste
<br />Conductivity (EC), saturated paste
<br />Saturation Percentage
<br />Calcium (Saturated Paste)
<br />Magnesium (Saturated Paste
<br />Sodium (Saturated Paste)
<br />Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)
<br />Exchangeable Sodium Percentage
<br />HCO3 (Saturated Paste)
<br />Texture Includes % sand, silt, clay
<br />Sand fractionation
<br />Course Fragments
<br />Lime as CaCO3
<br />Calcium Carbonate Equivalent
<br />Plant Available Phosphorus
<br />Available Potassium
<br />Organic Matter
<br />Sulfate, water soluble
<br />Chloride (H20 Extract)
<br />Gypsum
<br />Selenium
<br />Boron
<br />Molybdenum
<br />Extraction Method
<br />ASA Mono, #9, Part 2, Method 10 -3.2
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -3.3
<br />USDA Handbook 60, Method 27A
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 102.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10-3.4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -3.4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 1, Method 15 -4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 1, Method 1,5 -4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 1, Method 15 -2.2
<br />USDA Handbook 60, Method 23C
<br />EPA 600/2- 78 -054, Field and Laboratory
<br />Methods Applicable to Overburdens and
<br />Mine Saris
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 24-5.4
<br />Soil & Plant Analysis Council Method 7.3
<br />Soil & Plant Analysis Council Method
<br />13,2
<br />ASA Mono, #9, Part 2, Method 285.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.2
<br />Calculation
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 25 -9.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 25 -9.1
<br />Vlek, PCG, The Chemical Availability of
<br />Molybdenum in Colorado Soils, PhD
<br />thesis, CSU, Fort Collins, 1975
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<br />Analysis Method
<br />pH Meter
<br />Conductivity Meter
<br />N/A
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />660108/E6020
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />E601OB/E6020
<br />Pipet
<br />Sieve (only on 5, LS, and SI,
<br />textures)
<br />Sieve
<br />Titration
<br />Titration
<br />Colorimeter
<br />Atomic Absorption
<br />LOI
<br />Ai gust 1.2012
<br />E300.0
<br />E300.0
<br />Calculation of Ca and SC4
<br />EC and pH were measured in multiple laboratories. There is good general analytical agreement
<br />between the labs. Some depth measurements in the Key Ag report are in feet, others are in
<br />centimeters, and still others are in inches. These discrepancies suggest some potential
<br />unreliability in the data.
<br />Average hate BC
<br />(inmhoslem)
<br />Avenge
<br />pant
<br />Ce0o3
<br />Average. scent
<br />Coarse (hook)
<br />FZu lens 4"
<br />AveragePercent
<br />Coarse (Roc]Q
<br />Fragments >3"
<br />0
<br />• Darre n-Barr
<br />Sehs411
<br />19
<br />17
<br />' 20.7
<br />Bench 1
<br />Substitute
<br />Subsoil
<br />3,1
<br />2-4
<br />5.89
<br />637
<br />band
<br />Capability
<br />Class 11e
<br />Units
<br />4 - to top 40 Wawa
<br />of son
<br />Ni
<br />Standard
<br />35
<br />01
<br />RECEIVE:
<br />Borer Environmental pollution Consultinst (BEPC)
<br />The chemical and physica properties tested and the methods used by Key Ag Services seem
<br />appropriate (shown in Table 1).
<br />Table 1:
<br />MEASUREMENT
<br />pH, Saturated Paste
<br />Conductivity (EC), saturated paste
<br />Saturation Percentage
<br />Calcium (Saturated Paste)
<br />Magnesium (Saturated Paste
<br />Sodium (Saturated Paste)
<br />Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)
<br />Exchangeable Sodium Percentage
<br />HCO3 (Saturated Paste)
<br />Texture Includes % sand, silt, clay
<br />Sand fractionation
<br />Course Fragments
<br />Lime as CaCO3
<br />Calcium Carbonate Equivalent
<br />Plant Available Phosphorus
<br />Available Potassium
<br />Organic Matter
<br />Sulfate, water soluble
<br />Chloride (H20 Extract)
<br />Gypsum
<br />Selenium
<br />Boron
<br />Molybdenum
<br />Extraction Method
<br />ASA Mono, #9, Part 2, Method 10 -3.2
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -3.3
<br />USDA Handbook 60, Method 27A
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 102.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10-3.4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -3.4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 1, Method 15 -4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 1, Method 1,5 -4
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 1, Method 15 -2.2
<br />USDA Handbook 60, Method 23C
<br />EPA 600/2- 78 -054, Field and Laboratory
<br />Methods Applicable to Overburdens and
<br />Mine Saris
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 24-5.4
<br />Soil & Plant Analysis Council Method 7.3
<br />Soil & Plant Analysis Council Method
<br />13,2
<br />ASA Mono, #9, Part 2, Method 285.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 10 -2.3.2
<br />Calculation
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 25 -9.1
<br />ASA Mono. #9, Part 2, Method 25 -9.1
<br />Vlek, PCG, The Chemical Availability of
<br />Molybdenum in Colorado Soils, PhD
<br />thesis, CSU, Fort Collins, 1975
<br />Page 10 of 13
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<br />Analysis Method
<br />pH Meter
<br />Conductivity Meter
<br />N/A
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />660108/E6020
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />E6010B/E6020
<br />E601OB/E6020
<br />Pipet
<br />Sieve (only on 5, LS, and SI,
<br />textures)
<br />Sieve
<br />Titration
<br />Titration
<br />Colorimeter
<br />Atomic Absorption
<br />LOI
<br />Ai gust 1.2012
<br />E300.0
<br />E300.0
<br />Calculation of Ca and SC4
<br />EC and pH were measured in multiple laboratories. There is good general analytical agreement
<br />between the labs. Some depth measurements in the Key Ag report are in feet, others are in
<br />centimeters, and still others are in inches. These discrepancies suggest some potential
<br />unreliability in the data.
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