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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Smokaz on April 18, 2010, 02:23:05 PM

Title: Plant soils - quantification of important compounds absorbed by plants
Post by: Smokaz on April 18, 2010, 02:23:05 PM

As the subject states, I am looking for a way to test for the presence and quantity of a compound important for plants. This compound should preferably be so crucial that difference in quantity (of smaller soil samples) should be grounds enough to suggest a relationship between plant-soil compatibility and the quantity of the compound.

So far, I have thought about the compounds Nitrate, ammonium and phosphorus, but I have no clue how to test for them, in soil.

Any ideas?