Rapid molecular screening of black carbon (biochar) thermosequences obtained from chestnut wood and rice straw: A pyrolysis-GC/MS study

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-129

  Kaal, Joeri ^a   Schneider, Maximilian P W ^b   Schmidt, Michael W I ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biochar; Black C; Castanea sativa; Charring degree; Oryza sativa; Pyrolysis GC MS

Indexed keywords

BIOCHAR; BLACK C; CASTANEA SATIVA; CHARRING DEGREE; ORYZA SATIVA; PYROLYSIS-GC/MS;

BENZENE; CHLOROPHYLL; DEGRADATION; FRUITS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TOLUENE;

WOOD;

BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMBUSTION; CROP RESIDUE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYROLYSIS; RICE; STRAW; TERPENE; WOOD;

BENZENE; CARBON BLACK; CARBONIZATION; CASTANEA; CHLOROPHYLLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTRA; PYROLYSIS; RICE STRAW; THERMAL STABILITY;

CASTANEA SATIVA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84864314945     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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