Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods

The stability of three slow-release urea products (SRU) and a non-protected granulated urea (U) product was assessed based on their Brix value and total Nitrogen (N) Kjeldahl concentration in water. Each SRU and U products (10 g) was mixed with 50 ml of distilled water at 23.5 °C for various duratio...

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Main Authors: Fernández Wallace, Trinidad, Zenobi, Marcos, Bollatti, Juan, Boetto, Catalina, Salloum, María Soraya
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Language:eng
Published: Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias 2024
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/agris/article/view/42998
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author Fernández Wallace, Trinidad
Zenobi, Marcos
Bollatti, Juan
Boetto, Catalina
Salloum, María Soraya
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Zenobi, Marcos
Bollatti, Juan
Boetto, Catalina
Salloum, María Soraya
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description The stability of three slow-release urea products (SRU) and a non-protected granulated urea (U) product was assessed based on their Brix value and total Nitrogen (N) Kjeldahl concentration in water. Each SRU and U products (10 g) was mixed with 50 ml of distilled water at 23.5 °C for various durations: 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h. After each period of time, Brix values and total N concentrationswere measured in the aliquots. The N concentrations in all products exhibited time-dependent changes. A positive and linear correlation was observed between the total N in water and Brix values. The R2 between both methods was 0.97. Thus, the Brix value serves as a convenient and effective method to evaluate the relative rate of N release for different SRU products.
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spelling oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-429982024-07-05T18:24:44Z Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods Evaluación de las tasas de liberación de nitrógeno de productos comerciales de urea de liberación lenta mediante el análisis del valor Brix: un estudio de validación que compara dos métodos Fernández Wallace, Trinidad Zenobi, Marcos Bollatti, Juan Boetto, Catalina Salloum, María Soraya effectiveness non-protein nitrogen release characteristics tool efectividad nitrógeno no proteico características de liberación herramienta The stability of three slow-release urea products (SRU) and a non-protected granulated urea (U) product was assessed based on their Brix value and total Nitrogen (N) Kjeldahl concentration in water. Each SRU and U products (10 g) was mixed with 50 ml of distilled water at 23.5 °C for various durations: 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h. After each period of time, Brix values and total N concentrationswere measured in the aliquots. The N concentrations in all products exhibited time-dependent changes. A positive and linear correlation was observed between the total N in water and Brix values. The R2 between both methods was 0.97. Thus, the Brix value serves as a convenient and effective method to evaluate the relative rate of N release for different SRU products. La estabilidad de tres productos de urea de liberación lenta (ULL) y un producto de urea (U) granulada no protegida se evaluó en función de su valor Brix y la concentración total de nitrógeno (N) Kjeldahl en agua. Cada producto ULL y U(10 g) se mezcló con 50 ml de agua destilada a 23,5 °C durante varios períodos: 1, 3, 6, 12 y 24 h. Después de cada período de tiempo, se midieron los valores Brix y las concentraciones de N total en las alícuotas. Las concentraciones de N en todos los productos mostraron cambios dependientes del tiempo. Se observó una correlación positiva y lineal entre el N total en agua y los valores Brix. El R2 entre ambos métodos fue de 0,97. Por lo tanto, el valor Brix surge como un método conveniente y eficaz para evaluar la tasa relativa de liberaciónde N de diferentes productos de ULL. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias 2024-07-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/agris/article/view/42998 AgriScientia; Vol. 41 No. 1 (2024); 83-86 AgriScientia; Vol. 41 Núm. 1 (2024); 83-86 1668-298X 10.31047/1668.298x.v41.n1 eng https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/agris/article/view/42998/45698 Derechos de autor 2024 Trinidad Fernández Wallace, Marcos Zenobi, Juan Bollatti, Catalina Boetto, María Soraya Salloum https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
spellingShingle effectiveness
non-protein nitrogen
release characteristics
tool
efectividad
nitrógeno no proteico
características de liberación
herramienta
Fernández Wallace, Trinidad
Zenobi, Marcos
Bollatti, Juan
Boetto, Catalina
Salloum, María Soraya
Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods
title Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods
title_alt Evaluación de las tasas de liberación de nitrógeno de productos comerciales de urea de liberación lenta mediante el análisis del valor Brix: un estudio de validación que compara dos métodos
title_full Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods
title_fullStr Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods
title_short Evaluating Nitrogen Release Rates of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Products Using Brix Value Analysis: A Validation Study Comparing Two Methods
title_sort evaluating nitrogen release rates of commercial slow release urea products using brix value analysis a validation study comparing two methods
topic effectiveness
non-protein nitrogen
release characteristics
tool
efectividad
nitrógeno no proteico
características de liberación
herramienta
topic_facet effectiveness
non-protein nitrogen
release characteristics
tool
efectividad
nitrógeno no proteico
características de liberación
herramienta
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/agris/article/view/42998
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