Mineral-Biochar Composites: Molecular Structure and Porosity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 7706-7714

  Rawal, Aditya ^a   Joseph, Stephen D ^b   Hook, James M ^a   Chia, Chee H ^b   Munroe, Paul R ^b   Donne, Scott ^c   Lin, Yun ^c   Phelan, David ^d   Mitchell, David R G ^e   Pace, Ben ^b   Horvat, Joseph ^e   Webber, J Beau W ^e,f,g  

^a Solid State and Elemental Analysis Unit Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre UNSW Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CARBON; IRON; KAOLINITE; MINERALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS;

BAMBOO BIOMASS; BIOMASS DEGRADATIONS; CARBON SPECIES; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; MINERAL SPECIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BIOCHAR; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FERROUS SULFATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; MINERAL;

BAMBOO; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CHARCOAL; CLAY; COMPOSITE; DEGRADATION; IRON; KAOLINITE; MINERAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOMASS; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BAMBOO; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; POROSITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILIZATION; CHEMISTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; MINERALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POROSITY;

EID: 84978883299     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00685     Document Type: Article

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