Acid-base properties of humic substances from composted and thermally-dried sewage sludges and amended soils as determined by potentiometric titration and the NICA-Donnan model

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 630-635

  Fernández, José M ^a   Plaza, César ^a   Senesi, Nicola ^b   Polo, Alfredo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid base properties; Fulvic acids; Humic acids; NICA Donnan model; Proton affinity distribution; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; TITRATION;

ACID-BASE PROPERTIES; ACIDIC FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FULVIC ACIDS; HUMIC ACIDS; PROTON AFFINITY DISTRIBUTION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TITRATION;

COMPOSTING; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; COMPOST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; SLUDGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 34548239244     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.063     Document Type: Article

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