https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Thermogravimetric study of the combustion of Tetraselmis suecica microalgae and its blend with a Victorian brown coal in O₂/N₂ and O₂/CO₂ atmospheres https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28825 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:38:27 AEDT ]]> Contrasting effects of organic amendments on phytoextraction of heavy metals in a contaminated sediment https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26444 Carpobrotus rossii grown in the contaminated sediment amended with six organic amendments. Results: The adsorption capacity as measured by Langmuir adsorption maximum followed the order of Cr > Zn > Cu > Cd, and the effect of organic amendments followed the order of chicken manure > cow manure > brown coal > golden wattle biochar > blue gum biochar > radiata pine biochar. The addition of amendments increased the adsorption of heavy metals, with brown coal resulting in the lowest concentrations of water-extractable Cd, Cu and Zn. Two manures resulted in the highest concentrations of these water-extractable heavy metals in the rhizosphere soil of C. rossii. Furthermore, brown coal resulted in higher shoot accumulation of these heavy metals than three wood-derived biochars, whilst the manures generally had the lowest accumulation of Cd and Cu although they increased shoot biomass. Conclusions: The addition of brown coal decreased whereas manure addition increased the mobility (water-extractable fraction) of heavy metals in rhizosphere soil. Phytoextraction of Cd and Cu was greater with brown coal than with biochars or manures. Brown coal is suitable for enhancing phytoextraction of these heavy metals because it could increase their accumulation in shoots of C. rossii and decrease the risk of leaching of these heavy metals into groundwater.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:27:18 AEDT ]]> Synthesis of 3D graphitic carbon foams via pressurized pyrolysis of Victorian brown coal as anode material for Li-ion battery https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46994 Mon 29 Jan 2024 18:42:05 AEDT ]]>