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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-321-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-321-2024
Original research article
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17 May 2024
Original research article |  | 17 May 2024

The effect of soil moisture content and soil texture on fast in situ pH measurements with two types of robust ion-selective electrodes

Sebastian Vogel, Katja Emmerich, Ingmar Schröter, Eric Bönecke, Wolfgang Schwanghart, Jörg Rühlmann, Eckart Kramer, and Robin Gebbers

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To rapidly obtain high-resolution soil pH data, pH sensors can measure the pH value directly in the field under the current soil moisture (SM) conditions. The influence of SM on pH and on its measurement quality was studied. An SM increase causes a maximum pH increase of 1.5 units. With increasing SM, the sensor pH value approached the standard pH value measured in the laboratory. Thus, at high soil moisture, calibration of the sensor pH values to the standard pH value is negligible.