mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves

Plant cell wall biomass is composed of a range of different types of carbon-based compounds. The proportions of the primary carbon types affect how cell walls decompose, an important ecosystem process because their decay contributes to soil carbon. Traditionally, these components are estimated using...

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Autores principales:	Saras M. Windecker, Peter A. Vesk, Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett, Nick Golding
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	biofuel carbon decomposition fraser-suzuki kinetics mixture model plant traits thermogravimetric analysis Computer software QA76.75-76.765
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2ada0a22cc074fb2a9015edffb8e659e2021-11-08T08:11:52Zmixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves2049-964710.5334/jors.249https://doaj.org/article/2ada0a22cc074fb2a9015edffb8e659e2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/249https://doaj.org/toc/2049-9647Plant cell wall biomass is composed of a range of different types of carbon-based compounds. The proportions of the primary carbon types affect how cell walls decompose, an important ecosystem process because their decay contributes to soil carbon. Traditionally, these components are estimated using wet chemistry methods that can be costly and degrade the environment. Thermogravimetric analysis is an alternative method, already used by biofuel researchers, that involves pyrolysing dry, ground plant litter and estimating contribution of carbon components from a resulting mass decay curve. Because carbon types break down relatively independently, we can apply a mixture model to the multi-peaked rate of mass loss curve to identify mass loss of each carbon component. The mixchar package conducts this peak separation analysis in an open-source and reproducible way using R. mixchar has been tested over a range of plant litter types, composed primarily of the fiber components: hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin.Saras M. WindeckerPeter A. VeskStacey M. Trevathan-TackettNick GoldingUbiquity Pressarticlebiofuelcarbondecompositionfraser-suzukikineticsmixture modelplant traitsthermogravimetric analysisComputer softwareQA76.75-76.765ENJournal of Open Research Software, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2021)
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topic	biofuel carbon decomposition fraser-suzuki kinetics mixture model plant traits thermogravimetric analysis Computer software QA76.75-76.765
spellingShingle	biofuel carbon decomposition fraser-suzuki kinetics mixture model plant traits thermogravimetric analysis Computer software QA76.75-76.765 Saras M. Windecker Peter A. Vesk Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett Nick Golding mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves
description	Plant cell wall biomass is composed of a range of different types of carbon-based compounds. The proportions of the primary carbon types affect how cell walls decompose, an important ecosystem process because their decay contributes to soil carbon. Traditionally, these components are estimated using wet chemistry methods that can be costly and degrade the environment. Thermogravimetric analysis is an alternative method, already used by biofuel researchers, that involves pyrolysing dry, ground plant litter and estimating contribution of carbon components from a resulting mass decay curve. Because carbon types break down relatively independently, we can apply a mixture model to the multi-peaked rate of mass loss curve to identify mass loss of each carbon component. The mixchar package conducts this peak separation analysis in an open-source and reproducible way using R. mixchar has been tested over a range of plant litter types, composed primarily of the fiber components: hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin.
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author	Saras M. Windecker Peter A. Vesk Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett Nick Golding
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title	mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves
title_short	mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves
title_full	mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves
title_fullStr	mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves
title_full_unstemmed	mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves
title_sort	mixchar: an r package for the deconvolution of thermal decay curves
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2ada0a22cc074fb2a9015edffb8e659e
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mixchar: An R Package for the Deconvolution of Thermal Decay Curves

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