| Abstract: | The time course photodegradation of the Nordic aquatic fulvic and humic acids and Suwannee River XAD-4 acids subjected to UV irradiation with an unfiltered medium pressure mercury lamp was studied by liquid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. Photodecarboxylation was a significant pathway in all cases. Decreases in ketone, aromatic, and O-alkyl carbons were observed throughout the course of the irradiations, whereas C-alkyl carbons resisted photodegradation. Peaks attributable to the low-molecular-weight photodegradation products bicarbonate, formate, acetate, and succinate grew in intensity with irradiation time. The final products of the irradiations were decarboxylated, hydrophobic, predominantly C-alkyl and O-alkyl materials that were resistant to further photodegradation. The total amount of carbon susceptible to loss appeared to be related mainly to the total concentration of carbonyl and aromatic carbons and partly to the concentration of O-alkyl carbons in the fulvic, humic, and XAD-4 acids. The carbon losses for Nordic fulvic, Nordic Humic, Suwannee fulvic, and Suwannee XAD-4 acids were estimated to be 75, 63, 56, and 17%, respectively. More detailed analyses of the effects of irradiation on the carbonyl functionality in Nordic humic acid and Laurentian soil fulvic acid through reaction with hydroxylamine in conjunction with 15N nuclear magnetic resonance analysis confirmed preferential photodegradation of the quinone/hydroquinone functionality over ketone groups and the loss of ester groups in Laurentian fulvic acid. |
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| ProdID: | 70004019 |
| Citation Author: | Thorn, Kevin A.; Younger, Steven J.; Cox, Larry G. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Environmental Quality |
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| Citation Publisher: | American Society of Agronomy |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Order of functionality loss during photodegradation of aquatic humic substances; 2009; Article; Journal; Journal of Environmental Quality; Thorn, Kevin A.; Younger, Steven J.; Cox, Larry G. |
| Citation Start Page: | 1416 |
| Citation Volume: | 39 |
| Citation Year: | 2009 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Order of functionality loss during photodegradation of aquatic humic substances; 2009; Article; Journal; Journal of Environmental Quality; Thorn, Kevin A.; Younger, Steven J.; Cox, Larry G. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | https://www.crops.org/publications/jeq/abstracts/39/4/1416 |
| Date Other: | Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | American Society of Agronomy |
