Determination of the aromaticity and the degree of aromatic condensation of a thermosequence of wood charcoal using NMR

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1194-1202

  McBeath, Anna V ^a   Smernik, Ronald J ^a   Schneider, Maximilian P W ^b   Schmidt, Michael W I ^b   Plant, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AROMATIC STRUCTURES; AROMATICITIES; BLACK CARBON; CHESTNUT WOOD; CORONENE; DEGREE OF CONDENSATION; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR CHANGES; MOLECULAR MARKER; NMR TECHNIQUES; RING CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WOOD CHARCOAL;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; CALCULATIONS; CHARCOAL; CONDENSATION;

AROMATIZATION;

BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; CONDENSATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053435313     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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