Correlations between acidity and molecular size distributions of an aquatic fulvic acid

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 475-483

  Ephraim, James H ^a   Pettersson, Catharina ^a   Allard, Bert ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; EFFECTS; FILTRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PH; TITRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ACID BASE PROPERTIES; AQUATIC FULVIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IONIC STRENGTH EFFECT; MOLECULAR SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; MOLECULAR SIZE FRACTIONS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

FULVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029840371     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0160-4120(96)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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