Acid-base properties of fulvic acids extracted from an untreated sewage sludge and from composted sludge

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 441-449

  Esteves Da Silva, Joaquim C G ^a   Machado, Adélio A S C ^a   Silva, Mónica A B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid base properties; Compost; Fulvic acids; Sewage sludge; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CALCULATIONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FULVIC ACIDS; COMPOSTED SLUDGE; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRIMETRY; SYNCHRONOUS MOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

FULVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPOSTING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032007906     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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