Title:Rapid Detection of Soil Available Phosphorus using Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Author(s): Jun Gao, Wei Li, Jiaoe Li and Rujing Wang*
Affiliation:
- University of Science and Technology of China, Science Island Branch, Graduate School of USTC, Hefei, 230026, P.R. China
- Intelligent Agriculture Engineering Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Intelligent Machine, Hefei
Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, P.R. China
Keywords:
Soil available phosphorus, on-site rapid pretreatment, detection, capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection, capillary electrophoresis, back propagation neural network model.
Abstract:
Background: In China, the traditional method for analyzing soil available phosphorus
is inadequate for large-scale soil assessment and nationwide soil formulation demands. To
address this, we propose a rapid and reliable method for soil-available phosphorus detection.
The setup includes an on-site rapid pre-treatment device, a non-contact conductivity detection
device, and a capillary electrophoresis buffer solution system composed of glacial acetic acid
and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin.
Methods: The on-site rapid pre-treatment process includes fresh soil moisture content detection
(moisture rapid detector), weighing (handheld weighing meter), stirring (handheld rapid
stirrer), and filtration (soil rapid filter) to obtain the liquid sample, and direct injection (capillary
electrophoresis detector). The phosphate ion detection parameters include capillary size,
separation voltage, injection parameters, and electric injection. We used Liaoning brown soil,
Henan yellow tidal soil, Heilongjiang black soil, and Anhui tidal soil as standard samples.
Additionally, we used mathematical modeling methods and machine learning algorithms to
analyze and process research data.
Results and Conclusion: Following calibration with standard samples, the experimental blind
test samples demonstrated conformity with the national standard method, exhibiting a relative
standard deviation of less than 3%. The proposed pre-treatment device and non-contact conductivity
detector are powered by lithium-ion batteries, rendering them ideal for extended field
operations. The non-contact conductivity detector obviates the need for direct contact with test
samples, mitigating environmental pollution. Furthermore, the neural network model exhibited
the highest level of goodness of fit in chemical data analysis.