Differentiation of the acidic groups of fulvic acids from lignite by potentiometric titration in acetone, acetonitrile and isopropanol

Potentiometric titrations in acetone, acetonitrile and isopropanol, with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide as titrant, were carried out to differentiate between the acidic groups of fulvic acids. Titrations in pure solvents were able to differentiate at least three acidic groups of different acidic stren...

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Autores: Andrés Gimeno, José Manuel, Romero, Clemente
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:1988
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/167704
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/167704
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Lignite
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Resumo:Potentiometric titrations in acetone, acetonitrile and isopropanol, with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide as titrant, were carried out to differentiate between the acidic groups of fulvic acids. Titrations in pure solvents were able to differentiate at least three acidic groups of different acidic strength. The amount of acidic hydrogen titrated increased with the solvent's basicity: isopropanol < acetone < acetonitrile. The addition of small amounts of water to the solvents had a strong effect on the titrations, leading to very similar values for the three inflection points found in each solvent. This was attributed to preferential solvation of fulvic acids by water.