Measuring carbon stock in peat soils - Balai Penelitian Tanah

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8) Store the peat samples in accordance with their intended uses. For
example, for peat carbon dating, the samples can be stored in a PVC
pipe cut in half and covered with aluminium foil. For the determination
of water content (% volume) and BD, the peat and water from the auger
must be quantitatively transferred into plastic bags (Figure 9) so that
no fluid is spilled and the volume does not change (from 500 cm 3 ).
Sometimes the 50 cm-long samples need to be cut into 2–3 parts if, for
example, there are differences in maturity or if there is a layer of clay or
ash at certain depths. Each piece of 10 cm length has a volume of 100
cm 3 .
Figure 9. Peat samples
Labelled and sealed in plastic bags, ready for transportation to the laboratory for
analysis