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Published online 1 November 1968
Published in Agron J 60:708-709 (1968)
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Concentration and Content1

M. B. Farhoomand and L. A. Peterson2

The terms concentration and content are often used interchangeably. However, as technical terms they each have a precise meaning and are not synonymous. Concentration is an intensive property which is independent of the sample size; while content being an extensive property is size dependent.

Key Words: intensive property • extensive property

1 Contribution from Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706. Published with the approval of the Director, Wisconsin Agr. Exp. Sta.

2 Research Assistant and Associate Professor in Horticulture.

Received for publication April 8, 1968.




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