title: Quantitative estimation of peat, brown coal and lignite humic acids using chemical parameters, 1H-NMR and DTA analyses.
abstract: Humic acids extracted from peats (P), brown coals (BC) and lignites (L), were characterized using different (chemical, 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and differential thermal analysis) techniques. Fourteen variables were obtained from these analyses and only five were selected because uncorrelated in multiple partial correlation. The chosen variables were C concentration, aliphatic and aromatic components and the heat of reaction of the second exothermic peak. The multivariate discriminant analysis was performed on these variables and a discriminant function was obtained which was able to efficiently separate the P, BC and L. This function enables simple predictions on samples of unknown origin. The straightforward method proposed and the results obtained are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali, Università degli Studi di Bologna, V.le Fanin 40, Bologna 40126, Italy. ofrancios@agrsci.unibo.it
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Francioso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciavatta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Montecchio
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tugnoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Cortés
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gessa
mesh_terms: D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis*; D004055:Differential Thermal Analysis; D006812:Humic Substances / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D006812:Humic Substances; D012987:Soil