- Author
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Philpot, C. W.
- Title
- Pyrolytic Effect of Treating Cottonwood With Plant Ash.
- Coporate
- Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT
- Report
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USDA Research Note INT-139
July 1971
5 p.
- Keywords
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wood
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pyrolysis
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cellulose
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thermal properties
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differential thermal analysis
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thermogravimetric analysis
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flammability
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thermal analysis
- Identifiers
- partial element analysis of plant ash; some pyrolysis products fron untreated cottonwood and cotton treated with 5 percent ponderosa pine ash (PPA) and 5 percent cottonwood ash (CWA); volatile products and char from untreated cottonwood cellulose and cottonwood cellulose treated with 5 percent ponderosa pine ash (PPA) and 5 percent cottonwood ash (CWA)
- Abstract
- Cottonwood and cottonwood cellulose were treated with plant ash produced by ignition. The treatments caused changes in thermal behavior and pyrolysis products. However, the effect was not as pronounced as that resulting from naturally contained levels of minerals. This may mean that isolation of minerals by ignition produces changes which render the treatment less effective.