Detection of biochar components for soil fertility using THz-TDS

E M. Pogson, University of Wollongong
J Horvat, University of Wollongong
R A. Lewis, University of Wollongong
S D. Joseph, University of NSW

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Pogson, E. M., Horvat, J., Lewis, R. A. & Joseph, S. D. (2010). Detection of biochar components for soil fertility using THz-TDS. 35th International Conference on Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Rome, Italy, 2010 (pp. 1-2).

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.