Determination of the phenolic-group capacities of humic substances by non-aqueous titration technique |
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Authors: | Akira Kirishima Nobuaki Sato |
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Institution: | Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 1-1 Katahira, 2-Chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan |
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Abstract: | The phenolic-group capacities of five humic substances, such as, the Aldrich humic acid, the humic and fulvic acids extracted from a soil, the humic and fulvic acids extracted from a peat have been precisely determined by the non-aqueous potentiometric titration technique. The titration by KOH in the mixed solvent of DMSO:2-propanol:water = 80:19.3:0.7 at K+] = 0.02 M enabled to measure the potential change in a wide range of pOH (=−log OH−]), and thus to determine the capacities of phenolic groups which could not be precisely determined in the aqueous titration. The results of the titration revealed that the mean protonation constants of the phenolic groups were nearly the same for all humic substances and close to that of phenol in the same medium, indicating that each phenolic-group in the humic substances is rather isolated and is not electronically affected by other affecting groups in the humic macromolecule. |
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Keywords: | Humic acid Fulvic acid Phenolic-group Non-aqueous titration Dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) |
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