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Characterization of humic and fulvic acids isolated from marine sediments of Sagami and Suruga Bays with C-13 and proton nuclear magnetic resonance

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The C-13 and proton NMR spectra of marine humic and fulvic acids isolated from sediments of Sagami and Suruga Bays and Aldrich humic acid were obtained using pulse Fourier transform mode. The C-13 and proton NMR spectra, which clarified the differences in chemical characteristics among the various humic substances, showed that the marine humic acids had more aliphatic and less aromatic character than the Aldrich humic acid, and the marine fulvic acids had polysaccharide-like character. The C-13 NMR spectra of the marine humic substances, in particular, had many relatively well-resolved peaks with significant intensities, indicating the presence of variously bonded carbon atoms in them.

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Saito, Y., Hayano, S. Characterization of humic and fulvic acids isolated from marine sediments of Sagami and Suruga Bays with C-13 and proton nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 36, 286–292 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02070157

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