Table 1 Structural characteristics of the leonardite HA used in this study.
Elemental composition | MW, kD | Acidic groups, mg-eqv g−1 | Carbon content in the structural fragments, % | ||||||
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H/C | O/C | C/N |  | COOH | PhOH | CC=O | CCOO | ∑CAr | ∑CAlk |
0.87 | 0.50 | 53 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 14.1 | 52.5 | 28.9 |