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An Integrated Chemical, Thermal, and Microbiological Approach to Compost Stability Evaluation

Claudio Mondini*,a, Maria Teresa Dell'Abateb, Liviana Leitaa and Anna Benedettib

a Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante, Via Trieste 23, I-34170 Gorizia, Italy
b Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante, Via della Navicella 2/4, I-00184 Rome, Italy



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Fig. 1. Differential scanning thermogravimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry (TG), and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) thermograms of cotton separated from input materials and of samples C0, C5, C19, C60, and C103 taken at different stages during the composting process.

 


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Fig. 2. Correlation between the thermostability index R1 and (a) humification index (HI) and (b) degree of humification (DH) in compost samples with different levels of stability.

 





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