Application of Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy for the characterisation of organic wastes and determination of their usefulness for bioenergy and as soil amendments

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Application of Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy for the characterisation of organic wastes and determination of their usefulness for bioenergy and as soil amendments. / Bekiaris, Georgios.

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2016. 111 p.

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Harvard

Bekiaris, G 2016, Application of Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy for the characterisation of organic wastes and determination of their usefulness for bioenergy and as soil amendments. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. <https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/1pioq0f/alma99122309270005763>

APA

Bekiaris, G. (2016). Application of Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy for the characterisation of organic wastes and determination of their usefulness for bioenergy and as soil amendments. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/1pioq0f/alma99122309270005763

Vancouver

Bekiaris G. Application of Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy for the characterisation of organic wastes and determination of their usefulness for bioenergy and as soil amendments. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2016. 111 p.

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Bekiaris, Georgios. / Application of Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy for the characterisation of organic wastes and determination of their usefulness for bioenergy and as soil amendments. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2016. 111 p.

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