Toward a "molecular thermometer" to estimate the charring temperature of wildland charcoals derived from different biomass sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11490-11495

  Schneider, Maximilian P W ^a   Pyle, Lacey A ^b   Clark, Kenneth L ^c   Hockaday, William C ^d   Masiello, Caroline A ^b   Schmidt, Michael W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR THERMOMETERS; NON-POLAR MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SORPTION CAPACITIES; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BIOMASS; CONDENSATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; NEEDLES;

CHARCOAL;

BENZENE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID; CHARCOAL; MOLECULAR MARKER; PYROGENIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMBUSTION; CONDENSATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PINE; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETER; UNITED STATES;

NEW JERSEY; PINELANDS NATIONAL RESERVE; UNITED STATES;

AIR; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHARCOAL; FIRES; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS; TREES;

EID: 84886879865     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401430f     Document Type: Article

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