Impact of De-Ashing Humic Acid and Humin on Organic Matter Structural Properties and Sorption Mechanisms of Phenanthrene

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• 作者：Yu Yang ; Liang Shu ; Xilong Wang ; Baoshan Xing ; Shu Tao
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：May 1, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：45
• 期：9
• 页码：3996-4002
• 全文大小：884K
• 年卷期：v.45,no.9(May 1, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5851

文摘

Organic matter鈭抦ineral interactions greatly affect the fate of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) in the environment. In the present study, the impact of organic matter鈭抦ineral interaction on sorption of phenanthrene (PHE) by the original and de-ashed humic acids (HAs) and humin (HM) was examined. After de-ashing treatment, the overall polarity of organic matter in HAs and HM consistently decreased. Differently, the surface polarity of HAs increased but that of HM decreased. No correlation between K_oc values of PHE by all tested sorbents and their bulk polarity was observed due to inaccessibility of a portion of interior sorption domains. The inaccessibility of interior sorption domains in HAs and HM was partly due to the crystalline structure in organic matter as indicated by differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) and ¹³C NMR data and the interference from minerals. A good correlation between surface polarity of the original and de-ashed HAs and HMs and their K_oc values for PHE indicated its importance in HOC sorption. Dissimilar changes in surface polarity of HAs and HM after de-ashing treatment can be ascribed to the distinct interactions between organic matter and minerals. The solid-state ¹³C NMR, XPS, and elemental composition data of all tested sorbents revealed that a larger fraction of O atoms in HAs were involved in organic matter鈭抦ineral interaction as compared to HM. Results of this work highlight the importance of soil organic matter (SOM)-mineral interactions, surface polarity, and microscaled domain arrangement of SOM in HOC sorption.