Ultrafiltration of fulvic and humic acids,a comparison of stirred cell and hollow fiber techniques |
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Authors: | Jan CT Kwak Richard WP Nelson Donald S Gamble |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;Soil Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The ultrafiltration of solutions of well characterized samples of fulvic and humic acids or their salts, using two different techniques, show that these materials are retained by commercial ultrafiltration membranes with molecular weight cut-off values far higher than the reported molecular weights of fulvic or humic acid. The lower molecular weight fulvic acid or its Na+ -salt is retained even better than the higher molecular weight Na+-salt of humic acid. Both stirred cell and hollow fiber techniques can be employed to concentrate or desalt solutions of these humic materials, with relatively small solute losses. Very high simple electrolyte backgrounds (above 1 M) lower the performance of a given membrane considerably, moderate concentrations of simple electrolyte do not influence the ultrafiltration efficiency. |
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