Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Elemental and proximate analyses of Japanese cedar wood

From: Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) ash as a natural activating agent for preparing activated carbon

Experimental	Item	Weight (%)
Elemental analysis	Carbon	48.96 (0.11)^a
	Nitrogen	0.43 (0.12)
	Hydrogen	6.50 (0.03)
	Oxygen^b	43.65 (0.70)
	Sulfur	0.46 (0.48)
Proximate analysis	Moisture	6.55 (0.13)
	Volatile matter	76.60 (0.09)
	Fixed carbon	16.63 (0.14)
	Ash	0.22 (0.06)

^a() represents standard deviation
^bBy difference

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