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Natural oxidation of black carbon in soils: Changes in molecular form and surface charge along a climosequence
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“However, when the hydrochar is mixed in the soil, over a period, it becomes oxidized by interacting with atmospheric oxygen and creates a more hydrophilic nature by creating phenolic and carboxylic functional groups on the surface of the hydrochar [83].”
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“As biochar ages, biotic and abiotic oxidation results in increased surface carboxyl groups, and subsequently increases the soils ability for cation adsorption (Cheng et al., 2008).”
From Biochar implications for sustainable agriculture and environment: A review (2019) · cites this paper as Cheng et al., 2008
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- Authors
- Cheng, C.-H., Lehmann, J., & Engelhard, M. H.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lehmann, Johannes
- Venue
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-03
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1598-1610
- ISSN
- 0016-7037 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1994825310
- Cited by
- 936
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 57 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 63 · 2017: 72 · 2016: 65 · 2015: 68 · 2014: 74 · 2013: 55 · 2012: 55
- FWCI
- 50.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Geological Society of America
- Cornell University
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil and Environmental Studies
- Keywords
- black carbon, natural oxidation, soil carbon, molecular forms, surface charge, climosequence, mean annual temperature, O/C ratio, blast furnace, soil biogeochemistry, long-term incubation
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