Model Compound Interactions Characterizing Aquatic Humic Substances

Abstract

An attempt was made to simulate XAD-8 isolates of Orange County groundwater and Biscayne Aquifer groundwater using mixtures of single ligands. Mixtures of catechol, glycine, phthalic acid and salicylic acid were used to simulate potentiometric and complexometric titrations. Concentrations used for the mixtures were based on carboxylic acidity, dissolved organic carbon, and assumed values for phenolic acidity and nitrogen content. Potentiometric titrations were reproduced with mixtures of the ligands; however, complexometric titrations at pH 6.2 and pH 7.5 could not be duplicated. Organic matter leaches from plants and soil matter enters natural systems and become dissolved organic carbon (DOC) or particulate organic carbon (POC). (JES)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA224481

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  • Joseph E. Castro

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Amines
  • Amino Acids
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Brushless Dc Motors
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programs
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  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Groundwater
  • Humic Acid
  • Phthalic Acids
  • Salicylic Acids
  • Soils

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  • Environmental science

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
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