Biochar

A Guide to Analytical Methods

Balwant Singh, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Johannes Lehmann (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2017
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0509-4 (ISBN)

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The first book to comprehensively describe analytical procedures and techniques for biochar analysis.

Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention for its potential to improve soil fertility and to uncouple the carbon cycle by storing carbon from the atmosphere in a form that can remain stable for hundreds to thousands of years. Later it was found that biochar had applications in environmental and water science, mining, microbial ecology and other fields. Beneficial effects of biochar and its environmental applications cannot be fully realised unless the chemical, physical, structural and surface properties of biochar are known. Currently many of the analytical procedures used for biochar analysis are not well defined, which makes it difficult to choose the right biochar for an intended use and to compare the existing data for biochars. Also, in some instances the use of inappropriate procedures has led to erroneous or inaccurate values for biochars in the scientific literature. Biochar: A Guide to Analytical Methods fills this gap and provides procedures and guidelines for routine and advanced characterisation of biochars.

Preface and acknowledgements
1. Sampling, storage and preparation of biochar for laboratory analysis

2. Proximate analyses for characterising biochars

3. Biochar pH, electrical conductivity and liming potential

4. Analysis of biochars for C, H, N, O and S by elemental analyser

5. Inorganic carbon

6. Dissolved carbon and LC-OCD of biochar

7. Determination of cation exchange capacity in biochar

8. Determining acidic groups at biochar surfaces via the Boehm titration

9. Total elemental analysis

10. Available nutrients in biochar

11. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in biochar

12. Analysis of biochar porosity by pycnometry

13. Guiding principles for measuring sorption of organic compounds on biochars

14. Analysis of biochars by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

15. Analysis of biochars using benzene polycarboxylic acids (BPCA)

16. Pyrolysis-GC-MS of biochar

17. Analysis of biochars by hydropyrolysis (HyPy)

18. Biochar analysis by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

19. Carbon near edge absorption fine structure as a tool for understanding chemical differences in biochars

20. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of biochar

21. X-ray diffraction analysis of biochar

22. Stable isotope analysis of biochars

23. The application of scanning electron microscopy to the analysis of biochar-related materials

24. Thermal analysis for biochar characterisation

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Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2016
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	200 x 260 mm
Gewicht	992 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Analytische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Technik ► Bergbau
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4863-0509-1 / 1486305091
ISBN-13	978-1-4863-0509-4 / 9781486305094
Zustand	Neuware