Quantitative evaluation of noncovalent interactions between polyphosphate and dissolved humic acids in aqueous conditions》.pdf

Environmental Pollution 207 (2015) 123e129 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Environmental Pollution journal homepage: /locate/envpol Quantitative evaluation of noncovalent interactions between polyphosphate and dissolved humic acids in aqueous conditions Wei Fang a, Guo-Ping Sheng a, *, Long-Fei Wang a, Xiao-Dong Ye b, Han-Qing Yu a a CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China b Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: As one kind of phosphorus species, polyphosphate (poly-P) is ubiquitous in natural environments, and Received 16 June 2015 the potential interactions between poly-P and humic substances in the sediments or natural waters Received in revised form would influence the fate of poly-P in the environments. However, the mechanism of the interactions has 27 August 2015 not yet been understood clearly. In this work, the characteristics and mechanisms of the interactions Accepted 1 September 2015 Available online xxx between humic acids (HA) and two model poly-P compounds with various chain lengths have been investigated. Results show that a stable polyphosphate-HA complex would be formed through the noncovalent interacti