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Old 04-11-2016, 01:24 PM   #24 (permalink)
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As it relates to biochar or in general?

The thing is that biochar is produced by burning plant materials in an reductive (oxygen-free) atmosphere. The process drives off the volatile gases and leaves —carbon—. Essentially, charcoal plus some bacterial and fungal amendment—hence the bio- in biochar.

Percentage captured? I'm thinking all of it, but the answer you seek is probably in here:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&...ar.google.com/
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