The fractionation of humic acids from natural water systems
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Abstract
Humic acids, the most abundant organic components of natural water systems, are complex mixtures of molecular aggregates of different chemical and physical properties. The first step in the study of such a mixture is the fractionation of the mixture. The most common approach with humic acids is to attempt to obtain a molecular weight fractionation by gel-permeation chromatography. However, since the preponderance of evidence indicates that the components of humic acid do not fulfill the basic criteria of uniform shape and chemical structure necessary for obtaining a molecular fractionation on gel-permeation media, molecular weight distributions in humic acids cannot be
evaluated by this method. A fractionation dependent upon chemical structure can be obtained by the manipulation of elution conditions on
a gel-permeation column. This procedure provides a beginning in the isolation and identification of discrete components of humic acids.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The fractionation of humic acids from natural water systems |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 361 |
| Last page | 366 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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