Molecular and morphological characterization of hydrochar produced by microwave-assisted hydrothermal carbonization of cellulose

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 687-692

  Guiotoku, Marcela ^a   Hansel, Fabricio Augusto ^a   Novotny, Etelvino Henrique ^a   de Freitas Maia, Claudia Maria Branco ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic dark earth of Amazonia; Biochar; Charcoal; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865306318     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: 16783921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2012000500008     Document Type: Article

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