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Letter: Carbon black for soil improvement

Published 19 October 2016

From Nik Kelly

Jon Cartwright describes a reaction that produces hydrogen from methane – and mountains of carbon black (8 October, p 28). Could we pelletise that to the consistency of “biochar” for soil improvement? The build-up of low-lying coastal fields could be an extra benefit.

Liverpool, UK

Issue no. 3096 published 22 October 2016

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