A characteristic study of humic acids isolated from Arctic fjord sediments

Mathew, Jennees and Shaji, Aswathy and Gopinath, Anu and Krishnan, Kottekkatu Padinchati and Louis, Sanil Vadakkan and Pradeep, Anoop Pullarkkat (2019) A characteristic study of humic acids isolated from Arctic fjord sediments. Advances in Polar Science, 30 (1). pp. 24-34.

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Abstract

Humic substances are ubiquitous natural materials found in sediments as a product of biochemical transformation reactions representing a significant proportion of organic carbon cycle on earth. This study involves the analysis of humic substances with special emphasis on humic acids (HAs) in sediments collected from the Kongsfjorden System of Arctic region in June, 2017. The characterization of the isolated HAs were done using various spectroscopic techniques viz. UV-visible, Fluorescence, FTIR and NMR. Isolated HAs were also undergone for elemental analysis along with other characterization. The UV spectral analysis results with a lower E4/E6 ratio suggesting the presence of HAs with high degree of aromaticity and condensation. Indications for the presence of hydroxyl, methyl, methylene, carbonyl, carboxyl, phenol, alcohol and amide groups were obtained from the FTIR spectrums of HAs. NMR spectral characteristics also confirm the presence of OH group as well as the presence of CH protons adjacent to C=X, were X can be any electronegative element. This also confirms the presence of carbonyl group which is also evident in the FTIR spectral studies. Presence of aliphatic regions slightly more dominated with long chain and/or alicyclic moieties rather than methyl groups was also inferred from the results of NMR.

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Keywords:	Kongsfjorden, sediments, humic acids
Subjects:	Natural Environment > Terrestrial
Organizations:	Unspecified
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2023 09:51
URI:	http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2679

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