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Quantification of Humic and Fulvic Acids in Humate Ores, DOC, Humified Materials and Humic Substance-Containing Commercial Products
Published on: March 18, 2022
Behavior of humic substances in the liquid-liquid system directly measured using tritium label
Maria G Chernysheva1, Gennadii A Badun1, Natalia A Kulikova2
1Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Humic substances (HS) in the aqueous solutions can be considered as colloidal particles formed by amphiphilic units. HS form micelles-like structures at concentrations close to 5 g/L. However colloidal behavior of HS at concentrations below 100 mg/L is unknown. Using radiotracer assay we have shown that in this concentration range HS form rare adsorption layers at the liquid/liquid interface and penetrate into the organic phase with the distribution ratio close to 10-3. We found that pH and HS molecular weight strongly influence on the distribution ratio but do not significantly change the adsorption. Furthermore, colloidal properties of HS are strongly depending on its origin: the highest surface activity was shown for HS separated from peat and the least was observed for HS separated from soils. We anticipate our assay to be a helpful tool for detailed analysis and modeling HS and humic-like materials colloidal behavior in the environment.
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