Reaction of ozone with isolated aquatic fulvic acid

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5670730

Anderson, L J; Johnson, J D; Christman, R F

Aquatic fulvic acid, isolated from a North Carolina bay lake, was reacted with ozone, an alternative oxidant in drinking-water treatment. Ozonated samples were acidified, extracted with other, dried, concentrated, and methylated samples prior to GC-MS analysis. Identified reaction products include mono-, di-, and tribasic aliphatic acids and benzene tricarboxylic acids. The products with the highest relative concentrations were succinic and malonic acid, although all products were at relatively low concentration levels. Many of the products identified in the study have also been seen among the reaction products of fulvic acid and other oxidants, such as Cl(2), ClO(2) and KMnO(4).

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA (USA). Region IV
• OSTI ID: 5670730
• Report Number(s): PB-88-103635/XAB; EPA-600/J-85/499
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Organic Geochemistry, Vol. 8, No. 1, 65-69(1985)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
37 INORGANIC
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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
FULVIC ACIDS
OZONIZATION
LAKES
OZONE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
WATER TREATMENT
NORTH CAROLINA
OXIDATION
FEDERAL REGION IV
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
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