| Abstract: | Soils disturbed by long-term opencast mining were treated with organic waste materials for reclamation. Humic substances were
extracted from waste and soil samples and analysed using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and electrofocusing.
Furthermore, analytical pyrolysis permits to study all starting materials in situ. According to structural similarities, the
statistical evaluation of the pyrolysis results clearly indicates three sample groups. The first group, called compost, implies
the waste materials compost and composted sewage sludge. Moreover, pyrolysis revealed that coal humic substances are predominant
in brown coal sludge, pure mine soils and mine soils treated with the different organic waste materials. They constitute the
second group. The sewage sludge contains a high nitrogen potential, as expected, and represents the third group. Finally,
pyrolysis generally showed the specific structural characteristics of humic and fulvic acids, respectively. Electrofocusing
yielded for all samples a signal pattern that is typical of humic substances. However, number and ratio of the signals differ
according to the special structural features of the samples.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
