Tne properties of acid group in regenerated humic acid (HA I) prepared, from bituminous coal by nitric acid oxidation were studied by means of poten-tiometric titration in DMSO and pH titration in comparison with those of other humic acids. Regenerated humic acid (HA II) prepared from bituminous coal by air oxidation, regenerated humic acid (HA III) prepared frombituminous coal by alkali fusion and natural humic acid (HA IV) extracted from lignite had two inflection points in potentiometric titration curve in DMSO, while HA I and regenerated humic acid (HA V) prepared from lignite by nitric acid oxidation had one inflection point. These results indicate that the nitro group introduced in humic acid during nitric acid oxidation enhanced the acidity of phenolic hydroxyl group in humic acid and hence carboxyl group and phenolic hydroxyl group could not be titrated separately.
The relation between the acid group content of HA I and oxidation condition has been investigated. It was found that the acid group content of HA I increased with increasing in the concentration of nitric acid, reaction time and amount of nitric acid per 1 g of coal.
The inflection in pH titration curve of regenerated humic acid was sharper than that of natural humic acid. This might be due to the fact that the acidities of acid groups in regenerated humic acid are more uniform than those of natural humic acid. The pH titration of humic acid in the presence of transitional metal ions indicated the formation of humic acid-metal complexes. The order of the magnitude of pH drop of regenerated humic acids on addition of transitional metal ions was found to be Cu
++> Zn
++>Mn
++>Co
++>Ni
++ and not to follow the Irving-Williams series for the stabilities of metal complexes. The amounts of acid group complexed with Cu
++ in HA I and HA II were larger than those of HA IV and HA V. This result suggests that the regenerated humic acid prepared from bituminous coal is more abundant in acid group similar to salicylic and phthalic acids than other humic acids. It was found that phenolic hydroxyl group also took part in the formation of complex between regenerated humic acid and Cu
++. Consequently it was suggested that a chelate was formed in the reaction of regenerated humic acid with Cu
++.
A few informations about the acidity of humic acids were obtained from potentiometric titrations.
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