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. 2017 May 11;12(5):e0176884. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176884

Table 2. Elemental composition (C, H, S, O), and atomic ratios (H/C, O/C) of biochars produced at different pyrolysis temperatures.

Biomass Temp. (°C) Elemental composition (%) Atomic ratio
C H S O H/C O/C
Chicken manure 350 31.2 Ad 1.97 Ac 0.31 Ba 10.9 Bc 0.76 Ba 0.26 Ba
450 27.2 ABd 1.92 Bc 0.44 Aa 11.4 Bc 0.85 Aa 0.31 Ba
750 24.7 Bd 0.67 Cc 0.29 Ba 16.3 Aa 0.32 Ca 0.49 Aa
Eucalyptus sawdust 350 70.4 Ca 3.81 Ab 0.02 Ac 24.0 Aab 0.65 Aa 0.26 Ab
450 78.6 Ba 3.42 Ba 0.01 Ac 16.6 Bab 0.52 Bb 0.16 Bc
750 90.9 Aa 1.52 Ca 0.04 Ac 5.6 Cc 0.20 Cc 0.05 Cc
Coffee husk 350 60.5 Bc 3.92 Ab 0.09 Bb 19.5 Aab 0.78 Aa 0.24 Aa
450 61.3 Bc 3.65 Ba 0.10 Bb 19.0 Aa 0.71 Aa 0.23 Ab
750 66.0 Ac 1.57 Ca 0.23 Ab 9.8 Bb 0.29 Bb 0.11 Bb
Sugarcane bagasse 350 74.7 Ca 4.26 Aa 0.03 Ac 17.9 Ab 0.68 Aa 0.18 Ab
450 81.6 Ba 3.66 Ba 0.05 Ac 11.3 Bbc 0.54 Bb 0.10 Bc
750 90.5 Aa 1.64 Ca 0.06 Ac 4.3 Cc 0.22 Cc 0.04 Cc
Pine bark 350 67.6 Cb 3.73 Ab 0.01 Ac 28.7 Aa 0.66 Aa 0.32 Aa
450 75.2 Ba 2.74 Bb 0.02 Ac 24.7 Ba 0.44 Bb 0.25 Bc
750 86.3 Aab 1.16 Cb 0.04 Ac 19.1 Ca 0.16 Cc 0.17 Cc

Uppercase letters compare pyrolysis temperatures within the same biomass and lowercase letters compare biomass at the same temperature. The same letter do not differ by the Tukey test at p <0.05.