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Organic compounds in the particulate matter from burning organic soils

Several million hectares of the United States are covered by organic soils. During droughts, these soils can ignite and support slow combustion which often persists for weeks causing serious air pollution problems in nearby populated areas. Small blocks of organic so11 collected…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: laboratory fires, organic soils, PM - particulate matter, Florida, emission factors, PAH - polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, organic compounds