Use of thermal analysis coupled with differential scanning calorimetry, quadrupole mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy (TG-DSC-QMS-FTIR) to monitor chemical properties and thermal stability of fulvic and humic acids

Patrycja Boguta; Zofia Sokołowska; Kamil Skic

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189653

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Use of thermal analysis coupled with differential scanning calorimetry, quadrupole mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy (TG-DSC-QMS-FTIR) to monitor chemical properties and thermal stability of fulvic and humic acids

Patrycja Boguta ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: p.boguta@ipan.lublin.pl

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-8795

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Zofia Sokołowska,

Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland
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Kamil Skic

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland
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Use of thermal analysis coupled with differential scanning calorimetry, quadrupole mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy (TG-DSC-QMS-FTIR) to monitor chemical properties and thermal stability of fulvic and humic acids

Patrycja Boguta,
Zofia Sokołowska,
Kamil Skic

Published: December 14, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189653

About the Authors

Patrycja Boguta

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: p.boguta@ipan.lublin.pl

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-8795

Zofia Sokołowska

Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland

Kamil Skic

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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