Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Interaction of some metal ions with fulvic acid isolated from marine environment.

Volume 14 Issue 1

V. M. Desai,Elizabeth Mathew and A.K. Ganguly

Abstract

Fulvic acid is soluble in alkali, acid, water and also in sea water. Solubilization and/or complexation of Zn, Mn, Co, Fe, Zr, Th and Pu by a fuivic acid extracted from a marine sediment is studied in ammoniacal medium. Most of the elwnents (except Zn) were found to be associated with the fulvic acid in non-cationic complex forms. The elements were also observed to be associated in different states of combination with fulvic acid.

Date : 30-06-1972