Application of a set of complementary techniques to understand how varying the proportion of two wastes affects humic acids produced by vermicomposting

Waste Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-88

  Fernández Gómez, Manuel J ^a   Nogales, Rogelio ^a   Plante, Alain ^b   Plaza, César ^c   Fernández, José M ^b,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Humic acid; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Spectroscopic analysis; Thermal analysis; Vermicomposting; Waste mixture

Indexed keywords

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; HUMIC ACID; VERMI-COMPOSTING; WASTE MIXTURES;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; HUMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; SOIL; WASTE;

COMPOSTING; HUMIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; VERMICULTURE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC WASTE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PH; SOLID STATE CROSS POLARIZATION MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TOMATO; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VERMICOMPOST; VERMICOMPOSTING; ANALYSIS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; SOIL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84919835308     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.09.022     Document Type: Article

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