Re: [compost_tea] carbonization

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 09:50:52 -0500
Hi Andres -

Oxidation covers what is going on when the pile gets too hot, but oxidation is probably too broad a term for the specific situation of charcoal production. 

We need a term that won't apply to other situations.  Oxidation of carbon occurs during respiration, in every eukaryotic cell.  Breathing is a classic example of oxygen oxidizing carbon with the release of CO2.  That kind of oxidation is not meant when we want to talk about charcoal production in compost piles. 

Is there a way to modify the term oxidation so it is more specific for this charcoal production situation that Ted referred to as carbonization? 

Carbonization is also a broader term than what is specifically meant by charcoal production.  Anything that removes oxygen by burning is a process of carbonization. 
But maybe carbonization would work as a term, if we all agree to its definition. 

But maybe we can come up with a better term than carbonization, not too broad, meaning specifically that condition of making charcoal when a compost pile gets too hot. 

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