Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix characterization of a commercial humic acid

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-318

  Fu, Pingqing ^a,b   Wu, Fengchang ^a   Liu, Congqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Excitation emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy (EEM); Fluorescence characteristics; Humic acid

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PH EFFECTS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY (EEM); FLUKA HUMIC ACID (FHA); PROTONATION;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC ACID;

EID: 11844250518     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02871302     Document Type: Article

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