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  • 1INQUIMAE, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, pabellon II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Soil Science
  • Polymer Science

Background:

  • Humic substances are complex organic matter crucial for soil and aquatic ecosystems.
  • Understanding ion binding to humic substances is vital for nutrient cycling and contaminant transport.
  • Existing models often simplify the complex, heterogeneous structure of humic materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel model for the electrostatic contribution to ion binding by humic substances.
  • To apply this model to proton binding data for humic and fulvic acids.
  • To investigate the influence of pH and humic charge on ion activity within humic particles.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed an elastic polyelectrolyte network model for humic substance particles.
  • Treated humic particles as a charged polymer network (gel fraction) swollen by electrolyte solution.
  • Utilized Flory polymer network theory and a Donnan-like potential to describe electrostatic effects.

Main Results:

  • The model demonstrated good agreement with published experimental data for proton binding.
  • Showed that the gel fraction expands with increasing pH and humic charge.
  • Observed a pH-dependent transition between closed and open structures, linked to hydrogen bonds.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed model effectively captures the electrostatic contribution to ion binding in humic substances.
  • The model highlights the role of the expanding gel fraction and Donnan potential in ion activity.
  • Structural transitions in humic substances are influenced by pH-mediated deprotonation and hydrogen bond dynamics.