Academic discipline
Agriculture & Soil Science
Field-ready soil metal screening
Agronomy and soil-science programs study nutrient and metal mobility — XRF supports field labs and extension research with GPS-tagged readings.
Typical samples
- Farmland soils
- Compost & biosolids
- Fertilizer products
Elements of interest
- Pb, Cd, As
- Cu, Zn (micronutrients/toxics)
Research use cases
- Extension field trials
- Soil health mapping
- Graduate agroecology
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UC Davis
TeachingDepartment of Land, Air & Water Resources · United States
Soil nutrient and heavy-metal teaching labs with portable XRF field modules
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