Nutrients and heavy metals in biochar produced by sewage sludge pyrolysis: Its application in soil amendment

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 271-275

  Liu, Taoze ^a   Liu, Bangyu ^b   Zhang, Wei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Heavy metal; Nutrient; Pyrolysis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893435541     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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