The influence of seasonalness on the structural characteristics of aquatic humic substances extracted from Negro River (Amazon state) waters: Interactions with Hg(II)
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2007-09-06
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De Oliveira, Luciana C. [UNESP]
Sargentini Jr., Ézio
Rosa, André H. [UNESP]
Rocha, Julio C. [UNESP]
Simões, Marcelo L.
Martin-Neto, Ladislau
Da Silva, Wilson T. L.
Serudo, Ricardo L.
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In this work, humic substances were extracted from water samples collected monthly from the Negro River basin in the Amazon state (Brazil) to study their properties in the Amazonian environment and interactions with the mercury ion considering the influence of seasonalness in this formation. The C/H, C/N and C/O atomic ratio parameters, functional groups, concentration of semiquinone-type free radicals, pH, pluviometric and fluviometric indices, and mercury concentrations were interpreted using hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA). The statistical analyses showed that when the pluviometric index was greater and the fluviometric index was smaller, the degree of humification of aquatic substances was greater. The following decreasing order of the degree of humification of the AHS collected monthly was established: Nov/02 to Feb/03 > Mar/02 to May/02 > Jun/02 to Oct/02. The greatest concentrations of mercury were detected in more humidified samples. These results suggest that due to inter and/or intra-molecular rearrangements, the degree of humification of aquatic humic substances is related to its affinity for Hg(II) ions. ©2007 Sociedade Brasileira de Química.
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Amazon, Aquatic humic substance, Mercury, Negro River, Seasonality
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Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 18, n. 4, p. 860-868, 2007.