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Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: a review.

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Due to complexity of soil-water system in nature, the effectiveness of biochars on remediation of various organic/inorganic contaminants is still uncertain.
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This article is published in Chemosphere.The article was published on 2014-03-01. It has received 3163 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biochar & Slash-and-char.

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Hydrothermal carbonization process: Fundamentals, main parameter characteristics and possible applications including an effective method of SARS-CoV-2 mitigation in sewage sludge. A review

TL;DR: In this article , a review of the process carried out on sludge is presented, where the influence of the parameters, the characteristics of the liquid and solid products and use of products, mostly hydrochar, are widely discussed.
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Municipal Solid Waste Biochar for Prevention of Pollution From Landfill Leachate

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of biochar from municipal solid waste (MSW) and its applications to remediate different pollutants in MSW leachate as well as its ability to be used as a landfill cover and as a reactive barrier material is discussed.
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Microbial aging of hydrochar as a way to increase cadmium ion adsorption capacity: Process and mechanism.

TL;DR: This study showed that microbial aging process is an effective and promising measure to improve hydrochar adsorption capacity for Cd2+ and indicates increases in specific surface area, pH, and negative charge on hydrochar surface with aging process.
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Adsorption of NH3-N onto rice straw-derived biochar

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of rice straw-derived biochar as an NH3-N was evaluated and the optimal pyrolysis temperature for NH 3-N removal was suggested.
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Simultaneous sorption and catalytic oxidation of trivalent antimony by Canna indica derived biochars.

TL;DR: Results imply that biochars have good potential as a green effective sorbent for remediation of Sb(III) contaminated water, and simultaneously reduce the toxicity of S b( III) by catalytic oxidation.
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Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass for Bio-oil: A Critical Review

TL;DR: A review of the recent developments in the wood pyrolysis and reports the characteristics of the resulting bio-oils, which are the main products of fast wood pyrotechnics, can be found in this paper.
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Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

TL;DR: A review of the literature reveals a significant number of early studies on biochar-type materials as soil amendments either for managing pathogens, as inoculant carriers or for manipulative experiments to sorb signaling compounds or toxins as mentioned in this paper.
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Some aspects of the surface chemistry of carbon blacks and other carbons

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the surface chemistry of carbon blacks and other activated carbons is given, focusing on surface oxides with emphasis on the chemical methods used in the assessment and identification of surface functional groups.
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Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal – a review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the available information about the physical and chemical properties of charcoal as affected by different combustion procedures, and the effects of its application in agricultural fields on nutrient retention and crop production.
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Dynamic molecular structure of plant biomass-derived black carbon (biochar)

TL;DR: A molecular-level assessment of the physical organization and chemical complexity of biomass-derived chars and, specifically, that of aromatic carbon in char structures suggests the existence of four distinct categories of char consisting of a unique mixture of chemical phases and physical states.
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