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(31)P NMR peak width in humate-phosphate complexes
Jeremy Riggle1, Ray von Wandruszka
1University of Idaho, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 442343, Moscow, ID 83844-2343, USA.
Abstract:
The mobility of inorganic phosphate (P) attached to solid humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) via a metal "anchor" was investigated by (31)P NMR spectroscopy. The peak width of the (31)P resonance was monitored as an indicator of the degree of attachment of the element to the humic matrix. The concept was demonstrated by contrasting peak widths of thoroughly dry M-HA-P complexes with those that had been allowed to absorb different amounts of moisture. It was shown that the presence of moisture, which enhances the mobility of P, results in a significant reduction of chemical shift peak width. The work was extended to comparisons between dry systems with and without metal anchors; systems with anchors consisting of different metals; systems comprising different humates and fulvates; and systems with different size fractions of a humate. It was shown that both the type of humate/fulvate, and the metal anchor used lead to different degrees of mobility within the humic matrix. It was also found that the effect of metal addition on (31)P peak width is greater with fulvates and smaller HA fractions than with the larger HA components.
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