Biomass/Definition: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Milton Beychok
m (Creating lemma article)
 
imported>Milton Beychok
m (Created the Definition subpage)
Line 1: Line 1:
<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>
<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>
 
'''Biomass''', a source of [[renewable energy]], is [[biology|biological]] material such as wood, wood waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from agricultural and forestry production as well as other sources.
Renewable [[Organic chemistry|organic]] materials such as wood, wood waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from [[Agriculture|agricultural]] and [[forestry]] production as well as other sources. Since biomass derives from [[Plant (organism)|plants]] generated by [[solar energy]] in the [[photosynthesis]] process, it can also be defined as the organic material on [[Earth]] that has stored solar energy in the [[chemical bond]]s of the organic material.

Revision as of 15:26, 24 March 2011

This article is developing and not approved.
 Main Article
 Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biomass/Definition&printable=yes
A definition or brief description of Biomass.

Biomass, a source of renewable energy, is biological material such as wood, wood waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from agricultural and forestry production as well as other sources.

Retrieved from "https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biomass/Definition&oldid=787950"