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Surface and colloid properties of biochar and implications for transport in porous media

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Pyrolytic Treatment and Fertility Enhancement of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Hydrocarbons

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How good is the evidence that soil‐applied biochar improves water‐holding capacity?

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Biochar implications for the engineering properties of soils: A review

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Nitrogen, biochar, and mycorrhizae: Alteration of the symbiosis and oxidation of the char surface

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No effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type on hydraulic properties of biochar and amended sandy soil

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Linking hydrophobicity of biochar to the water repellency and water holding capacity of biochar-amended soil

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Significance of pyrolytic temperature, application rate and incubation period of biochar in improving hydro-physical properties of calcareous sandy loam soil

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Effects of biochar from different pyrolysis temperatures on soil physical properties and hydraulic characteristics in potato farmland of arid and semi-arid regions

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