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Table 3.12
Physical and chemical properties of peat (
after
Kazemian
et al
., 2011b).
Natural water
Bulk density
Specific gravity
Peat type
content (w, %)
(Mg m
−
3
)
(G
s
)
Acidity (pH)
Ash content (%)
Reference
Fibrous-woody
484909
-
-
-
17
Colley (1950)
Fibrous
850
0.95-1.03
1.1-1.8
-
-
Hanrahan (1954)
Peat
520
-
-
-
-
Lewis (1956)
Amorphous and fibrous
500-1500
0.88-1.22
1.5-1.6
-
-
Lea and Brawner (1963)
200-600
-
1.62
4.8-6.3
12.2-22.5
Adams (1965)
355-425
-
1.73
6.7
15.9
Amorphous to fibrous
850
-
1.5
-
14
Keene and Zawodniak (1968)
Fibrous
605-1290
0.87-1.04
1.41-1.7
-
4.6-15.8
Samson and LaRochell (1972)
Coarse fibrous
613-886
1.04
1.5
4.1
9.4
Berry andVickers (1975)
Fibrous sedge
350
-
-
4.3
4.8
Levesqe
et al
. (1980)
Fibrous sphagnum
778
-
-
3.3
1
Coarse fibrous
202-1159
1.05
1.5
4.17
14.3
Berry (1983)
Fine fibrous
660
1.05
1.58
6.9
23.9
Ng and Eischens (1983)
Fine fibrous
418
1.05
1.73
6.9
9.4
Amorphous granular
336
1.05
1.72
7.3
19.5
Peat portage
600
0.96
1.72
7.3
19.5
Edil and Mochtar (1984)
PeatWaupaca
460
0.96
1.68
6.2
15
Fibrous peat Middleton
510
0.91
1.41
7
12
Fibrous peat Noblesville
173-757
0.84
1.56
6.4
6.9-8.4
Fibrous
660-1590
-
1.53-1.68
-
0.1-32.0
Lefebvre
et al
. (1984)
Fibrous
660-890
0.94-1.15
-
-
-
Olson and Mesri (1970)
Amorphous Peat
200-875
1.04-1.23
-
-
-
Peat
125-375
0
1.55-1.63
5-7
22-45
Yamaguchi
et al
. (1985)
Peat
419
1
1.61
-
22-45
Jones
et al
. (1986)
Peat
490-1250
-
1.45
-
20-33
Yamaguchi
et al
. (1987)
Peat
630-1200
-
1.58-1.71
-
22-35
Nakayama
et al
. (1990)
Peat
400-1100
0.99-1.1
1.47
4.2
5-15
Yamaguchi 1990
Fibrous
700-800
∼
1.00
-
-
-
Hansbo (1991)
Peat (Netherlands)
669
0.97
1.52
-
20.8
Termatt and Topolnicki (1994)
Fibrous (Middleton)
510-850
0.99-1.1
1.47-1.64
4.2
5-7
Ajlouni (2000)
Fibrous (James Bay)
1000-1340
0.85-1.02
1.37-1.55
5.3
4.1
