Sarah E. Boslaugh
Contributor
Editor in chief of Encyclopedia of Epidemiology and author of Secondary Data Sources for Public Health: A Practical Guide and others. She contributed several articles to SAGE Publications’ Green Ethics and Philosophy: An A-to-Z Guide (2011), Green Technology: An A-to-Z Guide (2011), and Encyclopedia of Global Health (2008), which served as the basis for her contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (12)
Pyrolysis, the chemical decomposition of organic (carbon-based) materials through the application of heat. Pyrolysis, which is also the first step in gasification and combustion, occurs in the absence or near absence of oxygen, and it is thus distinct from combustion (burning), which can take place…
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