Using spectrophotometric titrations to characterize humic acid reactivity at environmental concentrations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6782-6788

  Janot, Noémie ^a,b   Reiller, Pascal E ^b   Korshin, Gregory V ^c   Benedetti, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORBANCE; DILUTED SOLUTIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTROSTATIC CORRECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL WATERS; PH ELECTRODE; POTENTIOMETRIC DATA; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; PROTON BINDING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC TITRATIONS; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; IONIC STRENGTH; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); PROTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

TITRATION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC ACID; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ELECTRODE; HUMIC ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; METHODOLOGY; PH ELECTRODE; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POTENTIOMETRY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 77956154078     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1012142     Document Type: Article

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