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Walkley and Black's method of organic matter determination allows percent recovery.

A. 54

B. 64

C. 80

D. 74

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Walkley and Black's method quantifies the amount of oxidizable organic matter in which organic matter is oxidized with a known amount of chromate in the presence of sulphuric acid.
This method claims to estimate organic carbon and determine the overall organic matter and the percent recovery is about 74%.

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