Soil Analysis - Determination of different carbon species in soil by high temperature combustion [Mar 2010]
For waste management as well as for geological and environmental research the knowledge of the carbon content alone might be insufficient. Very often a more detailed information about the different species of carbon is required. The most important species are inorganic carbon (TIC), organic carbon (TOC) and sometimes black or elemental carbon (EC). Whereas TIC and TOC are widely known and covered by different international standards [1,], the black carbon is still a parameter under investigation. Several techniques are in use to measure the EC separately from TIC and TOC [2]. High temperature treatment of the sample can help to distinguish between these parameters.
Other articles you will find in the same issue include:
Biological Treatment of Produced Water
Enviromental Lab Testing
Enviromental Land Remediation
More or Less Air Quality - Monitoring Air Quality at the Personal Scale
Spectroscopy in Space
Wind Measurement
As well as information about the following new Regulations
