{"title":"Spectroscopic Characterization of Fulvic Acid Fractions of a Contaminated Groundwater","authors":"M. Kumke, C. Zwiener, G. Abbt-Braun, F. Frimmel","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1521-401X(199912)27:6<409::AID-AHEH409>3.0.CO;2-V","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Two fulvic acid (FA) samples taken from a former gas production facility in the Southwest of Germany were characterized using advanced fluorescence techniques. Steady-state fluorescence (fluorescence excitation, synchronous fluorescence) as well as time-resolved fluorescence were applied. Distinct differences between the sample B22 FA taken within the contamination plume and the sample B53 FA taken downstream were found. Comparison with a model compound for metabolites and humic substances revealed that due to the downstream passage the characteristics of the dissolved organic matter became more humic-like. The assignment of single classes of compounds in the sample B22 FA is discussed in terms of their synchronous fluorescence spectra and fluorescence decay time distribution.","PeriodicalId":7010,"journal":{"name":"Acta Hydrochimica Et Hydrobiologica","volume":"81 1","pages":"409-415"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"14","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Hydrochimica Et Hydrobiologica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-401X(199912)27:6<409::AID-AHEH409>3.0.CO;2-V","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Two fulvic acid (FA) samples taken from a former gas production facility in the Southwest of Germany were characterized using advanced fluorescence techniques. Steady-state fluorescence (fluorescence excitation, synchronous fluorescence) as well as time-resolved fluorescence were applied. Distinct differences between the sample B22 FA taken within the contamination plume and the sample B53 FA taken downstream were found. Comparison with a model compound for metabolites and humic substances revealed that due to the downstream passage the characteristics of the dissolved organic matter became more humic-like. The assignment of single classes of compounds in the sample B22 FA is discussed in terms of their synchronous fluorescence spectra and fluorescence decay time distribution.