Identification and Characterization of Sorption Domains in Soil Organic Matter Using Structurally Modified Humic Acids
- 4 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Environmental Science & Technology
- Vol. 37 (5), 852-858
- https://doi.org/10.1021/es026151e
Abstract
The sorption of phenanthrene was examined in humic acids (HAs) from different sources: a compost, a peat soil, and a mineral soil. Sub-samples of each HA were subjected to bleaching or hydrolysis to remove predetermined chemical groups from their structures. Bleaching successfully removed a large percentage of rigid, aromatic moieties, whereas hydrolysis removed the mobile, carbohydrate components. Phenanthrene sorption by all HAs was nonlinear (N < 1). However, the phenanthrene isotherms of the bleached HAs were more linear than those of the untreated HAs, whereas the removal of the carbohydrate components by hydrolysis produced more nonlinear isotherms. The introduction of pyrene to the phenanthrene sorption system yielded more linear isotherms for all the HAs, indicative of competitive sorption. Proton spin−spin (1H T2) relaxation determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used to identify separate rigid (condensed) and flexible (expanded) 1H populations and to determine their distribution. These 1H domains were highly sensitive to temperature and correlated well with reported glass transition temperatures for HAs. In combination with the chemical treatments, sorption, and spectroscopic data, we were able to observe some significant relationships among chemical groups, sorption behavior, and structural characteristics.Keywords
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