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The amount and composition of ash remaining after combustion of plant material varies considerably according to the part of the plant, age, cultural treatment etc. Thus, in a young leaf the ash may constitute approximately 5 per cent of the dry weight while in the mature leaf it may be 15 per cent. The ash content of the wood (of the order of 5 per cent) is usually much lower than that of the bark (up to 20 per cent).
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Humphries, E.C. (1956). Mineral Components and Ash Analysis. In: Paech, K., Tracey, M.V. (eds) Moderne Methoden der Pflanzenanalyse / Modern Methods of Plant Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25300-7_17
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