DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR-WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS OF FULVIC AND HUMIC ACIDS USING FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION
DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR-WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS OF FULVIC AND HUMIC ACIDS USING FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION
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DOI:
10.1021/es00157a010
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发表时间:
1987-03-01
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
GIDDINGS, JC
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作者:
BECKETT, R;JUE, Z;GIDDINGS, JC
Flow field-flow fractionation (flow FFF) has been used to determine molecular weight distributions of extracted fulvic and humic acids from a variety of freshwater and terrestrial environments. Both number and weight molecular weight averages have been estimated. Some pronounced trends have emerged. Thus, fulvic acids are smaller than humic acids, and the order of increasing size and polydispersity of humates from different sources was aquatic < soil < peat bog < lignite coal. In addition, two highly colored natural waters were run by direct injection without the need for any sample pretreatment. Their molecular weight distributions were closest to that of the soil humate. The new technique of flow FFF is capable of yielding detailed molecular weight information and appears to have considerable potential for investigating these important yet complex compounds.