FT-IR spectroscopy reveals that ash water repellency is highly dependent on ash chemical composition

Catena

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-43

  Dlapa, Pavel ^a   Bodí, Merche B ^b   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^c   Cerdà, Artemi ^b   Doerr, Stefan H ^d  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash composition; FT IR spectroscopy; Water repellency; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ASH; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST SOIL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; WETTABILITY; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84877916138     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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