Change of heating value, pH and FT-IR spectra of charcoal at different carbonization temperatures = Change of heating value, pH and FT-IR spectra of charcoal at different carbonization temperatures

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To understand transition characteristics from wood to charcoal, Quercus variabilis wood was carbonized at 200, 250, 300, 340, 540 and 740°C, respectively. Heating value, pH and surface property by FT-IR spectroscopy of the carbonized charcoal were investigated. Heating value and pH increased with increasing carbonization temperature from 4500 cal/g and 4.3 of the control wood to 8,000 cal/g and 9 of the charcoal carbonized at 740°C, respectively. From FT-IR spectroscopy, the peaks from O-H, C-H and C-O stretching disappeared during carbonization at 540 and 740°C. Aromatic skeletal vibration at near 1,506~1,593 cm -1 was repidly increased until 540°C. These results suggest that the chemical and physical characteristics of wood components in cell wall can be easily changed by increasing carbonization temperature and the carbonization seem to be incomplete at temperature below 540°C.