Can levoglucosan be used to characterize and quantify char/charcoal black carbon in environmental media?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1466-1478

  Kuo, Li Jung ^a   Herbert, Bruce E ^a   Louchouarn, Patrick ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOGLUCOSAN;

ACIDS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; HOLOGRAMS; OXIDATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; CHAR; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; HEMICELLULOSES; LEVOGLUCOSAN; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

PINUS TAEDA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA SPARTINAE;

EID: 51249085635     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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