The potential feasibility for soil improvement, based on the properties of biochars pyrolyzed from different feedstocks

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 989-1000

  Dai, Zhongmin ^a   Meng, Jun ^a   Muhammad, Niaz ^a   Liu, Xingmei ^a   Wang, Haizhen ^a   He, Yan ^a   Brookes, Philip C ^a   Xu, Jianming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Feedstocks; Property; Soil improvement; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MANURE; PLANT RESIDUE; PYROLYSIS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84878020676     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0698-y     Document Type: Article

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