New insights into aggregation and conformational behaviour of humic substances: Application of high resolution ultrasonic spectroscopy

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2098-2110

  Kučerík, Jiří ^a   Šmejkalová, Daniela ^b   Čechlovská, Hana ^a   Pekař, Miloslav ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIC POCKETS; SOLUBLE HUMIC AGGREGATES; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

IONIC STRENGTH; MICELLIZATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

MICELLES;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 36049043196     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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