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Pollach, G.; Hein, W.; Rösner, G.: Beet quality studies using dried beet samples.
Zuckerindustrie 123 (1998) pp. 808-815.   List of papers
Abstract: Dried beet samples from 29 European and 2 Canadian sugar factories were analyzed for cations after wet ashing, and for chloride and nitrate after water extraction. The ionic spectra were compared. These anions show a proportionality with sodium and are inversly proportional to calcium. Sorting by potassium or magnesium give contrary ranking of countries. High potassium within the cation spectrum indicates low ash content on dry substance, in contrast to sodium. In comparison with the other countries, Austrian beet have the lowest portion of alkalies in the cation sum and therefore the highest demand for alkali addition in processing due to the cation spectrum.


Table 1: Original data from the campaigns 1994 to 1996, sorted by countries
Ash component KNaCa MgCations ClNO3 Cl+NO3
Country Year Factory Milliequivalents (meq) in 100 g of dry matter
Austria1994H20.533.70 9.1715.6749.073.471.244.71
1994L23.124.228.90 15.9252.164.162.216.38
1994T18.832.438.16 14.4243.832.451.053.50
1995H20.973.159.49 14.1447.752.581.383.97
1995L21.142.459.12 13.5446.252.021.273.29
1995T21.062.3710.54 13.9447.902.371.143.51
1996H19.631.8210.30 13.5245.271.050.531.58
1996L19.411.189.41 12.7842.780.850.411.26
1996T 19.251.3611.7114.3146.630.75 0.431.18
Belgium 1994G22.912.997.90 10.2244.013.242.105.35
1994T24.763.488.31 10.8547.403.663.026.68
1994V26.005.145.96 10.4547.554.242.947.18
1995G24.083.989.14 10.1747.372.112.404.50
1995T23.894.039.96 11.0248.902.983.336.30
1995V26.435.627.77 11.7751.593.083.436.51
1996V23.364.218.07 11.2346.871.962.534.49
Canada 1994A21.427.407.03 13.9149.762.671.293.96
1994M22.524.657.37 15.1949.742.181.783.97
1995A20.586.246.17 12.3345.321.541.032.57
1995W20.588.117.50 14.9051.092.533.255.78
Czech R 1995H19.796.4410.71 14.2151.153.582.195.78
Germany 1994G21.752.518.57 12.2645.092.461.694.16
1994O20.492.988.41 12.3344.212.451.934.38
1994R21.191.917.18 11.5541.831.981.243.23
1994Z20.074.536.02 12.6743.302.402.114.51
1995G23.762.779.22 11.6947.441.252.023.26
1995O20.762.8710.68 11.1245.431.211.522.73
1995R20.042.127.80 11.3241.291.581.102.69
1995Z18.764.386.70 11.5841.421.422.013.44
1996R20.331.318.70 11.3641.700.900.921.82
Gr. Brit. 1994W19.913.278.68 10.1542.012.862.335.20
Greece 1994S24.7621.288.85 18.2373.1110.546.2416.79
1994X23.8619.617.72 17.3368.5212.635.3017.93
1995O27.1915.6510.37 18.2271.436.224.7310.95
1995P21.1918.297.16 16.6663.306.747.8314.57
1995X22.7116.859.21 16.4265.187.415.7213.13
Hungary 1994P20.276.269.88 17.3453.763.152.355.49
Italy 1994M23.049.967.34 15.1455.486.671.968.62
1994O23.877.597.30 14.8553.617.221.428.63
1995M22.617.778.98 13.6453.013.740.914.65
1995O23.8312.6810.99 13.8061.306.271.607.87
Netherl. 1995B24.274.0313.57 10.9252.782.491.744.23
1995D21.723.4310.83 11.3647.352.471.934.40
Poland 1995G19.892.8810.83 12.5746.161.931.993.92
Slowakia 1994C19.1213.686.93 18.1457.875.354.8710.22
1994TT23.867.068.81 15.5255.253.103.806.89
1995TT22.129.616.80 15.3153.853.963.507.46
Sweden 1995K19.703.359.43 10.1442.612.471.824.29
1995J18.773.7910.59 9.7242.872.531.453.98
1995Ö20.523.018.33 10.0341.892.752.855.60
1995R18.781.849.18 9.7239.532.230.732.97
Switzerl. 1995A21.111.318.56 10.0140.992.410.733.14


Table 2: Relative distribution of ions in dried beet, sorted by potassium
Ash component KNaCaMg ClNO3K+Na Cl+NO3
CountryYearFactory Milliequivalents (meq) per 100 meq of cations
Belgium1994V54.710.8 12.522.08.96.265.515.1
Belgium1994T52.27.3 17.522.97.76.459.614.1
Belgium1994G52.06.8 17.923.27.44.858.812.1
Switzerl.1995A51.53.2 20.924.45.91.854.77.7
Belgium1995V51.210.9 15.122.86.06.662.112.6
Belgium1995G50.88.4 19.321.54.55.159.29.5
Germany1994R50.74.6 17.227.64.73.055.27.7
Germany1995G50.15.8 19.424.62.64.355.96.9
Group borderline: 50 meq K per 100 meq of cations
Belgium1996V49.89.0 17.224.04.25.458.89.6
Sweden1995Ö49.07.2 19.923.96.66.856.213.4
Belgium1995T48.98.2 20.422.56.16.857.112.9
Germany1996R48.83.1 20.927.22.22.251.94.4
Germany1995R48.55.1 18.927.43.82.753.76.5
Germany1994G48.25.6 19.027.25.53.853.89.2
Sweden1995R47.54.7 23.224.65.61.952.27.5
Gr. Brit.1994W47.47.8 20.724.26.85.655.212.4
Germany1994Z46.410.5 13.929.35.54.956.810.4
Germany1994O46.36.7 19.027.95.54.453.19.9
Sweden1995K46.27.9 22.123.85.84.354.110.1
Netherl.1995B46.07.6 25.720.74.73.353.68.0
Netherl.1995D45.97.2 22.924.05.24.153.19.3
Austria1995L45.75.3 19.729.34.42.851.07.1
Germany1995O45.76.3 23.524.52.73.352.06.0
Canada1995A45.413.8 13.627.23.42.359.25.7
Austria1996L45.42.8 22.029.92.01.048.12.9
Germany1995Z45.310.6 16.227.93.44.955.98.3
Canada1994M45.39.4 14.830.54.43.654.68.0
Group borderline: 45 meq K per 100 meq of cations
Italy1994O44.514.2 13.627.713.52.658.716.1
Austria1994L44.38.1 17.130.58.04.252.412.2
Austria1995T44.04.9 22.029.14.92.448.97.3
Austria1995H43.96.6 19.929.65.42.950.58.3
Sweden1995J43.88.8 24.722.75.93.452.69.3
Austria1996H43.44.0 22.829.92.31.247.43.5
Slovakia1994TT43.212.8 15.928.15.66.956.012.5
Poland1995G43.16.2 23.527.24.24.349.38.5
Canada1994A43.014.9 14.128.05.42.657.98.0
Austria1994T43.05.5 18.632.95.62.448.58.0
Italy1995M42.714.7 17.025.77.11.757.38.8
Austria1994H41.87.5 18.731.97.12.549.49.6
Italy1994M41.517.9 13.227.312.03.559.515.5
Austria1996T41.32.9 25.130.71.60.944.22.5
Slovakia1995TT41.117.9 12.628.47.46.558.913.9
Canada1995W40.315.9 14.729.25.06.456.211.3
Group borderline: 40 meq K per 100 meq of cations
Italy1995O38.920.7 17.922.510.22.659.612.8
Czech R1995H38.712.6 20.927.87.04.351.311.3
Greece1995O38.121.9 14.525.58.76.660.015.3
Hungary1994P37.711.7 18.432.35.94.449.410.2
Greece1995X34.825.8 14.125.211.48.860.720.2
Greece1994X34.828.6 11.325.318.47.763.426.2
Greece1994S33.929.1 12.124.914.48.563.023.0
Greece1995P33.528.9 11.326.310.612.462.423.0
Slovakia1994C33.023.6 12.031.39.38.456.717.7

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