Laboratory charring conditions affect black carbon properties: A case study from Quebec black spruce forests

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-55

  Soucémarianadin, Laure N ^a   Quideau, Sylvie A ^a   MacKenzie, M Derek ^a   Bernard, Guy M ^a   Wasylishen, Roderick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC STRUCTURES; BLACK SPRUCE FORESTS; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; FORMATION CONDITION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FORESTRY;

BLACK CARBON; BOREAL FOREST; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SURFACE AREA; WILDFIRE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; FUELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84881499608     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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