Humic materials fulvic acids

The first attempts employing two Cjg columns showed that the selectivity was not high enough, although this improved when the first column was substituted by a 5 p.m GFF n internal surface rcversed-phase material. This is known as a restricted-access-material (RAM) column which, since it restricts some compounds because of their size and includes rcversed-phase interaction and ionic exchange, is very useful for analysing herbicides in samples with high contents of humic and fulvic acids (54). 

Metabolites may also play a role in the association of the substrate with humic and fulvic acid components. Two illustrations are given (a) naphth-l-ol, an established fungal metabolite of naphthalene, may play a role in the association of naphthalene with humic material (Burgos et al. 1996) and (b) it has been shown that C-labeled metabolites of [9- C]-anthracene including 2-hydroxyanthracene-3-carboxylate and phthalate were not extractable from soil with acetone or dichloromethane, and required alkaline hydrolysis for their recovery (Richnow et al. 1998). 

DePaolis F, Kukkonen J (1997) Binding of organic pollutants to humic and fulvic acids Influence of pH and the structure of humic material. Chemosphere 34 1693-1704... 

While in a strict sense only the last class of compounds should fall into the category of humic materials, there has been much dispute concerning the origin of the marine humic materials both Gelbstoff and the lignins have been mentioned as probable starting compounds for the marine humic and fulvic acids. 

The designation of certain classes of organic materials as humic and fulvic acids unfortunately implies a certainty and regularity of structure which... 

A fractionation procedure has been established and widely applied to studies of humic materials [42-44]. The procedure begins with natural OM (i.e., humus) and uses an aqueous basic solution (e.g., 0.1-0.5 mol/1 NaOH and Na2C03) to solubilize a fraction of the OM. The basic extract is then acidified which causes a precipitate to form, i.e., humic acids (HA). The fraction, which remains in solution, is called fulvic acids (FA). Humin is the name given to the insoluble organic fraction that remains after extraction of humic and fulvic acids. At nearneutral pH (pH 5 - 8), which is characteristic of most natural water, the FA are the most water soluble of these three fractions. HA are somewhat less soluble, with their solubility increasing as the pH increases. Humin is insoluble at all pH values. 

LDHs are also promising materials as sorbents for anionic organic contaminants via both ion-exchange and reconstruction reactions. There have been a large number of reports of the use of LDHs for removal of species such as aromatic carboxylic acids, phenols, pesticides, and humic or fulvic acids. Recently, Cardoso et al. [152] found that the sorption process of terephthalate anions from aqueous solutions by calcined Mg/Al - CO3 LDHs takes place by reconstruction of the LDHs and involves the intercalation and adsorption of terephthalate anions. Calcined Mg/Al - CO3 LDHs were found to be capable of removing 40 to 85 % of the benzoate from solutions in the concentration... 

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