Package: biocharkit
Title: Biochar Characterisation and Adsorption Data Analysis
Version: 0.3.0
Authors@R: 
    person("Sukamal", "Sarkar", email = "sukamal.sarkar@gm.rkmvu.ac.in",
           role = c("aut", "cre"))
Description: A toolkit for analysing biochar characterisation and batch
    adsorption experiments. Provides functions to parse structured sample
    identifiers encoding pyrolysis conditions, read raw FTIR and XRD
    instrument output, compute adsorption capacity and removal efficiency,
    fit adsorption isotherms following Langmuir (1918)
    <doi:10.1021/ja02242a004> and Sips (1948) <doi:10.1063/1.1746922>
    among other models, fit adsorption kinetics following Ho and McKay
    (1999) <doi:10.1016/S0032-9592(98)00112-5> and Chien and Clayton
    (1980) <doi:10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400020013x> among other
    models, fit batches of samples at once, compute van't Hoff
    thermodynamic parameters, baseline-correct and pick peaks in FTIR
    spectra, deconvolve XRD patterns into a crystallinity index, compute
    BET surface area following Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (1938)
    <doi:10.1021/ja01269a023>, compute proximate and ultimate analysis
    summaries including directly from a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
    curve, compute a smoothed derivative thermogravimetric (DTG) curve
    and pick its decomposition peaks, fit non-isothermal decomposition
    kinetics from multi-heating-rate TGA data following Kissinger (1957)
    <doi:10.1021/ac60131a045>, build correlation matrices with p-values,
    and produce publication-style base-graphics figures including 600
    dpi TIFF export. Built on base R ('stats', 'graphics', 'grDevices') so it has
    no dependency on packages that require external CRAN network access
    to install.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
Depends: R (>= 4.0)
Imports: stats, utils, graphics, grDevices
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Config/testthat/edition: 3
LazyData: true
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-07-21 09:44:54 UTC; root
Author: Sukamal Sarkar [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Sukamal Sarkar <sukamal.sarkar@gm.rkmvu.ac.in>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-07-21 11:10:13 UTC
