Aliphatic hydrocarbons humic compounds

Aliphatic hydrocarbons, triazine, substituted urea type and phenoxyacetic acid types of herbicides, Fluazifop and Fluazifop-butyl herbicides, ethylene diamine tetracetic acid salts in soil, aliphatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, phthalate esters, various organosulphur compounds, triazine herbicides, optical whiteners, mixtures of organic compounds and organotin compounds in non-saline sediments, aromatic hydrocarbons, humic and fulvic acids and mixtures of organic compounds in saline sediments and non-ionic surfactants and cobalamin in sludges. 

Despite the advances made in high-performance liquid chromatography in recent years, there are still occasionally applications in which conventional column chromatography is employed. These methods lack the sensitivity, resolution and automation of HPLC. They include the determination of urea herbicides in soil, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, carbohydrates, chloroaliphatic compounds and humic and fulvic acids in non-saline sediments. The technique has also been applied in sludge analysis, e.g. aliphatic hydrocarbons and carboxylic acids. 

Gas chromatography has also been applied to the determination of the following types of organic compounds in potable waters (see Table 15.11) aliphatic hydrocarbons, phenols, nitrophenols, chlorinated dioxins, anticholisterinase insecticides, chlorinated humic acid and chlorolignosulphonic acids. 

Structural representations of humic and fulvic acids are purely hypothetical and should just be considered as an attempt to rationalize chemical behavior. Several structural models have been proposed based on data gathered from degradative and nondegradative models. The different proposed models should be considered as complementary since each emphasizes certain particular properties. Briefly, humic acids are macromolecular and complex, and composed of substituted aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon core materials. It is probable that some aliphatic and aromatic ring compounds are heterocyclic with N, O, or S as the heteroatom. Segments or some side-chain components in the structures are substantially hydrophobic. In general, however, the... 

---