Effect of the chemical composition of soil humic acids on their viscosity, surface pressure, and morphology

Soil Science

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 636-651

  Nègre, Michele ^a   Vindrola, D ^a   Spera, S ^a   Ferraris, L ^a   Gennari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C NMR; FTIR; SEM; Soil humic acids; Surface tension; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

HUMIC ACID; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HUMIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

ANDOSOL; CAMBISOL; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; HISTOSOL; INCEPTISOL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036773403     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200210000-00002     Document Type: Article

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