MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES
MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES
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DOI:
10.1097/00010694-198005000-00002
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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SCHNITZER, M
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作者:
GHOSH, K;SCHNITZER, M
Humic substances were investigated by surface pressure and viscosity measurements at different pH and neutral salt concentrations to elucidate their macromolecular configurations. Such configurations were not unique; they varied with the changes in the medium. The controlling parameters were sample concentration, pH of the system, and the ionic strength of the medium. Model macromolecular structures are proposed on the basis of the investigation and of data published in the literature. With the aid of these models, the contradictions between the so-called rigid spherocolloid and flexible linear molecule concepts could be resolved. Humic and fulvic acids behave like rigid spherocolloids at high sample concentrations, low pH, or in the presence of sufficient amounts of neutral electrolytes, but they are flexible linear colloids at low sample concentrations, provided that the pH is not too low or that the ionic strength is relatively low, conditions that normally prevail in soils.