Soil Water Measurement with an Inexpensive Spectrophotometer

Rapid measurement of soil water by gravimetric method

Measurement of Scattering Cross Section with a Spectrophotometer with an Integrating Sphere Detector

A commercial spectrometer with an integrating sphere (IS) detector was used to measure the scattering cross section of microspheres. Analysis of the measurement process showed that two measurements of the absorbance, one with the cuvette placed in the normal spectrometer position, and the second with the cuvette placed inside the IS, provided enough information to separate the contributions fro...

Evaluation of an inexpensive sensor to measure soil color

An Effective, Versatile, and Inexpensive Device for Oxygen Uptake Measurement

In the last ten years, the use of fluorescent probes developed to measure oxygen has resulted in several marketed devices, some unreasonably expensive and with little flexibility. We have explored the use of the effective, versatile, and inexpensive Redflash technology to determine oxygen uptake by a number of different biological samples using various layouts. This technology relies on the use...

Measurement and Simulation of Soil Water Contents in an Experimental Field in Delta Plain

Variation in soil water content in the delta plain has its own particularity and is significant for agricultural improvement, the utilization of water resources and flood risk mitigation. In this study, experimental data collected from a plot of farmland located in the Taihu Basin were used to investigate the temporal and vertical variation of soil water content, as well as the effects of indiv...