TG, TG-MS, and FTIR characterization of high-yield biomass charcoals

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 969-974

  Várhegyi, Gábor ^a   Szabó, Piroska ^a   Till, Ferenc ^a   Zelei, Borbála ^a   Antal Jr , Michael Jerry ^b   Dai, Xiangfeng ^b  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

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EID: 3142570889     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9800359     Document Type: Article

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