Fractionation of Suwannee River fulvic acid and aldrich humic acid on α-Al2O3: Spectroscopic evidence

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8809-8815

  Claret, Francis ^a,d   Schäfer, Thorsten ^b   Brevet, Julien ^c   Reiller, Pascal E ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^d BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LUMINESCENT PROBES; SPECIFIC UV ABSORBANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SUWANNEE RIVER FULVIC ACID; TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPIUM; FULVIC ACID; PH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MICROSCOPY; NEAR EDGE X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION X RAY MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449095679     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801257g     Document Type: Article

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