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- Title
Detection of Biochar Carbon by Fluorescence and Near-Infrared-Based Chemometrics.
- Authors
Uchimiya, Minori; Franzluebbers, Alan J.; Liu, Zhongzhen; Lamb, Marshall C.; Sorensen, Ronald. B.
- Abstract
Large-scale biochar field trials have been conducted worldwide to test for "carbon negative strategy" in the event of carbon credit and if other subsidies become enacted in the future. Once amended to the soil, biochar engages in complex organo-mineral interactions, fragmentation, transport, and other aging mechanisms exhibiting interactions with treatments including the irrigation and fertilizer application. As a result, quantitative tracing of biochar carbon relying on the routinely measured soil parameters, e.g., total/particulate organic carbon, poses a significant analytical uncertainty. This study utilized two biochar field trial sites to calibrate for the biochar carbon structure and quantity based on the infrared- and fluorescence-based chemometrics: (1) slow pyrolysis biochar pellets on kaolinitic Greenville fine sandy loam in Georgia and (2) fast pyrolysis biochar powder on Crider silt loam in Kentucky. Partial least squares-based calibration was constructed to predict the amount of solvent (toluene/methanol)-extractable fluorescence fingerprint (290/350 nm excitation and emission peak) attributed to biochar based on the comparison with the authentic standard. Near-infrared-based detection was sensitive to the C-H and C-C bands, as a function of biochar loading and the particulate organic carbon content (< 53 μm) of the bulk soil. Developed chemometrics could be used to validate tarry carbon structures intrinsic to biochar additives, as the impact of biochar additives on soil chemical properties (pH, electric conductivity, and dissolved organic carbon) becomes attenuated over time.
- Subjects
GREENVILLE (S.C.); KENTUCKY; GEORGIA; BIOFERTILIZERS; BIOCHAR; CARBON; COLLOIDAL carbon
- Publication
Aquatic Geochemistry, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 5/6, p345
- ISSN
1380-6165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10498-018-9347-9