DocumentCode
2713218
Title
Detection of biochar components for soil fertility using THz-TDS
Author
Pogson, E.M. ; Horvat, J. ; Lewis, R.A. ; Joseph, S.D.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
fYear
2010
fDate
5-10 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Different forms of biochar can have greatly different properties as fertilisers, yet there is no effective screening method to distinguish them. Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy has been used to distinguish various biochars, including Sawdust char, BMC5 with lime char and Saligna char.
Keywords
fertilisers; soil; terahertz spectroscopy; BMC5; Saligna char; Sawdust char; biochar component detection; fertilisers; lime char; soil fertility; terahertz time domain spectroscopy; Absorption; Carbon; Extinction coefficients; Refractive index; Soil; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6655-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612623
Filename
5612623
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