Electron transfer capacity as a rapid and simple maturity index for compost

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 428-434

  Yuan, Yong ^a   Tao, Ya ^a,b   Zhou, Shungui ^a   Yuan, Tian ^a   Lu, Qin ^a   He, Jian ^c  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical compositions; Composting; Dissolved organic matter; Electron transfer capacity; Maturity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL REAGENTS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEGREE OF DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GERMINATION INDEX; MATURITY; MATURITY INDICES; RECYCLE RATE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOST; CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ELECTRON;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON ACCEPT CAPACITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CAPACITY; GERMINATION; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRASSICACEAE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONS; GERMINATION; HUMIDITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861657782     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.03.114     Document Type: Article

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