Structure-mechanics property relationship of waste derived biochars

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 611-620

  Das, Oisik ^a   Sarmah, Ajit K ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hardness; Mechanical; Modulus; Pyrolysis; Waste

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HARDNESS AND ELASTIC MODULUS; MECHANICAL; MODULUS; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS;

X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOCHAR; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; PYROLYSIS; WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HARDNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; STEREOMICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84940109653     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.073     Document Type: Article

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