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What is peat chemically known as?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

That is hard to answer (maybe impossible) as it is a mixture of many organic compound, the details even vary from bog to bog. The highest percentage by weight in fresh peat is water, it saturates all the organic material in the peat.

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