Water holding capacity and absorption properties of wood chars

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2643-2648

  Zhang, Jun ^a   You, Changfu ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER METHOD; CLASSIFICATION STANDARD; CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; MERCURY POROSIMETERS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; WATER ABSORPTION RATES; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

COAL TAR; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MOISTURE;

WATER ABSORPTION;

AREA; BIOMASS; CHAR; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PORE SIZE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUMETRY; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD;

EID: 84878029579     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef4000769     Document Type: Article

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