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. 2012 Sep;78(17):5994–6000. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07829-11

Table 2.

Physicochemical properties of slurry

Characteristic Mean ± SDa
Raw slurry Liquid slurry
Density (g ml−1) 1.02 1.01
Total solids (%) 5.65 ± 0.08 3.14 ± 0.07
Volatile solids (%) 4.17 ± 0.07 1.97 ± 0.03
pH 7.10 ± 0.01 7.56 ± 0.02
Electrical conductivity (mS cm−1) 19.3 ± 0.01 15.8 ± 0.01
NH4-N (g kg−1) 3.01 ± 0.02 2.89 ± 0.01
Total N (g kg−1) 4.47 ± 0.07 4.28 ± 0.02
a

The values are means of 3 to 12 replicates.