Published online 1 January 2007
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 71:86-94 (2007)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0232
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Carboxylic Content of Humic Acid Determined by Modeling, Calcium Acetate, and Precipitation Methods
Chang Yoon Jeong
Dep. of Renewable Resources, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504
Chan Won Park
National Inst. of Agric. Sci. & Technology, 249 Seodun-dong, Suwon, Korea
Jeong-Gyu Kim* and
Soo Kil Lim
Div. of Environ. Sci. and Ecological Eng., College of Life and Environ. Sciences, Korea Univ., 1,5-Ka, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul, Korea

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Fig. 1. Comparison of charge development curves in batch downward, batch upward, and continuous titration for Namwon humic acid with a 0.1 M NaNO3 ionic background.
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Fig. 2. Proton affinity curves for humic acids (HA): plots of the observed and fitted charge vs. pH using Model A.
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Fig. 3. Proton affinity curves for humic acids (HA): plots of the observed and fitted charge vs. pH using Model V.
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Fig. 4. Solubility curves of humic acids (HA) in the presence of different amount of cetyltrimethylammonium (CTA+) at pH 7.0.
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