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Structural and Chemical Characterization of Aquatic Humic Substances in Advanced Water Treatment Processes  

Kim, Hyun-Chul (Water Environmental and Remediation Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Yu, Myong-Jin (Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.27, no.3, 2005 , pp. 240-246 More about this Journal
Abstract
Humic substances HS) from process waters at advanced water treatment plant consisted of GAC and Ozone/GAC processes were isolated and extracted by physicochemical fractionation methods to investigate their characteristics. They are characterized for their functionality, chemical composition, spectroscopic characteristics using FT-IR and $^1H$-NMR spectroscopy. Humic fraction gradually decreased from 36.3% to 24.2% from 0.45 to 0.30 mgC/L) through ozonation and carbon adsorption. The humic fraction was isolated into the phenolic and carboxylic groups using A-21 resin, and the concentration of phenolic groups gradually decreased from 38.4% to 23.5% (from 4.9 to $3.2\;{\mu}M/L$ as phenolic-OH) through ozonation and carbon adsorption. In the case of carboxylic groups, the concentration decreased from 61.6% to 43.3% (from 7.8 to $5.8\;{\mu}M/L$ as COOH) through the water treatment processes. On the other hand, concentrations of those roups decreased from 38.4% to 24.0% and 61.6% to 44.9% through carbon adsorption without ozonation, respectively. The structural changes of HS identified from FT-IR and $^1H$-NMR were consistent with the results from the isolation of functional groups in HS.
Keywords
Humic Substances; Functionality; Carbon Adsorption; FT-IR; $^1H-NMR$;
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