Thermal decomposition kinetics of humic substances extracted from mid-Rio Negro (Amazon Basin) soil samples
In this work humic substances (HS) extracted from non-flooded (Araçá) and flooded (Iara) soils were characterized through the calculation of stability and activation energies associated with the dehydration and thermal decomposition of HS using TGA and DTA, electronic paramagnetic resonance and C/H, C/N and C/O atomic ratios. For HS extracted from flooded soils, there was evidence for the influence of humidity on the organic matter humification process. Observations of thermal behaviour, with elemental analysis, indicated the presence of fossilized organic carbon within clay particles, which only decomposed above 800 ºC. This characteristic could explain the different thermal stability and pyrolysis activation energies for Iara HS compared to Araçá HS.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2009
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532009000600020 |
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| Summary: | In this work humic substances (HS) extracted from non-flooded (Araçá) and flooded (Iara) soils were characterized through the calculation of stability and activation energies associated with the dehydration and thermal decomposition of HS using TGA and DTA, electronic paramagnetic resonance and C/H, C/N and C/O atomic ratios. For HS extracted from flooded soils, there was evidence for the influence of humidity on the organic matter humification process. Observations of thermal behaviour, with elemental analysis, indicated the presence of fossilized organic carbon within clay particles, which only decomposed above 800 ºC. This characteristic could explain the different thermal stability and pyrolysis activation energies for Iara HS compared to Araçá HS. |
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