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FULVIC ACID: I. PARTIAL FRACTIONATION 1
Author(s) -
MacCARTHY PATRICK,
O'CINNEIDE S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1974.tb01137.x
Subject(s) - chemistry , amine gas treating , fractionation , fulvic acid , nitrous acid , infrared , infrared spectroscopy , ion exchange , ultraviolet , fraction (chemistry) , inorganic chemistry , ion , organic chemistry , humic acid , fertilizer , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
Summary Fulvic acid extracted from peat was partially fractionated on anion and cation exchange resins. In the latter case the fractionation is attributed to the presence in fulvic acid of components possessing amine groups; this was confirmed by chemical means and by infrared spectroscopic evidence. The infrared and ultraviolet spectra of fulvic acid and its various fractions are discussed and the occurrence of carboxyl, phenolic, and amine groups in fulvic acid and the fractions obtained is considered. It was further established that nitrous acid can destroy the amine groups present in fulvic acid.