Reduction and reoxidation of humic acid: Influence on spectroscopic properties and proton binding

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5787-5792

  Maurer, Felix ^a   Christl, Iso ^a   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE TITRATION; ALKALINE PH; CHEMICAL CHANGE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METAL BINDING; PH RANGE; PROTON BINDING; RE-OXIDATION; REACTIVE SITE; REDOX CONDITION; REDUCTION REACTION; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; METAL REFINING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITRATION;

REDUCTION;

HUMIC ACID; PROTON;

ABSORPTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PH; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR EDGE X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PROCESSES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955098664     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100594t     Document Type: Article

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