Humic acids as reducing agents: The involvement of quinoid moieties in arsenate reduction

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1362-1370

  Palmer, Noel E ^a   von Wandruszka, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Humic acid; Quinoid

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT;

HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARSENATES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUINONES; REDUCING AGENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 77954427046     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0322-2     Document Type: Article

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