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A five-stage tangential-flow ultrafiltration (UF) device equipped with advanced membrane filters (molecular weight cut-off: 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 kDalton) of the polyethersulfone type is described and applied for the analytical on-line fractionation of a series of aquatic humic substances (HS) originating from surface or groundwaters. Fractionation patterns of HS (6 fractions each) evaluated by this UF device exhibit their particular dependence on the HS concentration, the pH-value and the salt content of the sample (10 ml) to be analyzed. Fundamental parameters (e.g., washing volume) governing the molecular-size fractionation of HS by means of multistage UF are discussed, too. The fractionation of an aquatic reference HS (BOC 3/9.5) by means of the above UF procedure reveals considerable differences preferably characterized by the UV-VIS absorption ratio E350/E450 and metal complexing capacity (Cu(II)) of the produced fractions. Moreover, molecular spectroscopy investigations (FTIR, 1H-NMR) of the fraction series of this HS indicate that carbohydrate substructures (preferably found in fractions >50 k Dalton) and aromatic ones (preferably in fractions <5 k Dalton) are unevenly distributed.
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Burba, P., Shkinev, V. & Spivakov, B.Y. On-line fractionation and characterization of aquatic humic substances by means of sequential-stage ultrafiltration. Fresenius J Anal Chem 351, 74–82 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00324294
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