Journal
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 116-121Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12009
Keywords
biochar; char; fast field cycling NMR; gasification; longitudinal relaxation time; NMRD; relaxometry
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A poplar biochar obtained by an industrial gasification process was saturated with water and analyzed using fast field cycling (FFC) NMR relaxometry in a temperature range between 299 and 353K. Results revealed that the longitudinal relaxation rate increased with the increment of the temperature. This behavior was consistent with that already observed for paramagnetic inorganic porous media for which two different relaxation mechanisms can be accounted for: outer- and inner-sphere mechanisms. The former is due to water diffusing from the closest approach distance to infinity, whereas the second is due to water interacting by nonconventional H-bonds to the porous surface of the solid material. In particular, the inner-sphere relaxation appeared to be predominant in the water-saturated biochar used in the present study. This study represents a fundamental first step for the full comprehension of the role played by biochar in the draining properties of biochar-amended soils.
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