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Cross-polarization 13C-NMR spectroscopy with ‘magic angle’ spinning characterizes organic matter in whole soils

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The limitations of 13C cross-polarization (CP) NMR spectroscopy with ‘magic angle’ spinning to characterize the organic matter in whole soils have recently been discussed1: resonances from rotor materials and from spinning sidebands prevented a complete analysis of the types and forms of carbon in whole soils. We now report experiments in which these problems have been overcome. The results show that carboxylic, aromatic, acetal, alkoxy and alkyl carbon are present in soils and they allow approximate estimates of various carbon types to be made without previous extraction from the soil.

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  1. Department of Mining and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA

    Michael A. Wilson & Ronald J. Pugmire

  2. University of Utah Research Institute, 420 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, USA

    Kurt W. Zilm

  3. Department of Soil Science, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Kuan M. Goh & Sammy Heng

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA

    David M. Grant

  5. CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels, PO Box 136, North Ryde, Australia, 2113

    Michael A. Wilson

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Wilson, M., Pugmire, R., Zilm, K. et al. Cross-polarization 13C-NMR spectroscopy with ‘magic angle’ spinning characterizes organic matter in whole soils. Nature 294, 648–650 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/294648a0

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