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. 2018 Jul 16;8:10677. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28794-z

Table 1.

Specific surface area (SSA), total pore volume (TPV), and cation exchange capacity (CEC) of samples of biochar from different sources.

SampleŦ SSA (m2 g−1) TPV (m3 g−1) CEC (cmol kg−1)
CR 43 ± 3* 4.1 × 10−8 ± 3.5 × 10−8 2 ± 0**
CS 157 ± 108 1.4 × 10−7 ± 8.5 × 10−8 13 ± 1**
OP 186 ± 89 9.4 × 10−8 ± 1.6 × 10−8 28 ± 1**
PO 173 ± 124 8.7 × 10−8 ± 1.4 × 10−8 35 ± 3**#
SB 159 ± 69 8.7 × 10−8 ± 2.3 × 10−8 7 ± 1**
WH 182 ± 103 5.5 × 10−8 ± 4.3 × 10−8 37 ± 2**#

ŦCR = charcoal fines; CS = coconut shell; OP = orange peel; PO = palm oil bunch; SB = sugarcane bagasse; WH = water hyacinth. Anova post-hoc Tukey test (*p < 0.1 or **p < 0.01). #samples PO and WH are not different between them (p > 0.01).