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Quantifying Soil Chemical Properties Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, Robert L. Ficklin, Shane M. Foley, Robert E. Kissell Jr. Jan 2007

Quantifying Soil Chemical Properties Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, Robert L. Ficklin, Shane M. Foley, Robert E. Kissell Jr.

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Methodologies for determining soil chemical properties have evolved dramatically during the past century. Early geochemical analyses were conducted exclusively through the use of wet chemistry techniques that were relatively reliable but painstaking and subject to errors at various stages of analysis. Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has emerged as a new approach for rapidly analyzing a variety of materials including soils. In this study soil samples were taken from eight study areas across the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas, and NIRS calibration models were developed to determine the accuracy of using NIRS to analyze soils compared with standard soil chemical analysis …


Measurement And Modeling Of Light Transmission Through Turbid Media, Alois (Al) J. Adams, Michael Fahrenwald, Long Do Jan 2007

Measurement And Modeling Of Light Transmission Through Turbid Media, Alois (Al) J. Adams, Michael Fahrenwald, Long Do

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Electron Shock Waves: Ionization Rate And Solutions To The Efd Equations, Mostafa Hemmati, Steven Summers, Michael Weller Jan 2007

Electron Shock Waves: Ionization Rate And Solutions To The Efd Equations, Mostafa Hemmati, Steven Summers, Michael Weller

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

This paper describes our numerical investigation into ionizing breakdown waves, primarily antiforce waves. Antiforce waves are waves for which the electric field force on the electronsisin the opposite direction of the wave's propagation. This investigation required us to utilize one-dimensional electron fluid-dynamical equations, which were applied to a pulse wave that transmits into a region of neutral gas and is under the influence of an applied electric field. Two important assumptions were made in applying these equations: electrons were considered to be the main component in the propagation of the pulse wave, and the partial pressure of the electron gas …