CHARACTERIZATION OF BULK SOIL HUMIN AND ITS ALKALINE-SOLUBLE AND ALKALINE-INSOLUBLE FRACTIONS

Humic substances are the major components of soil organic matter. Among the three humic substance components (humic acid, fulvic acid, and humin), humin is the most insoluble in aqueous solution at any pH value and, in turn, the least understood. Humin has poor solubility mainly because it is tightl...

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Main Authors: Cuilan Li, Shuqing Gao, Qiang Gao, Lichun Wang, Jinjing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832015000100120&lng=en&tlng=en