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Comment on ‘Contamination of humic acid by silica gel and sodium bicarbonate’ by K. H. Tan

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Although Tan9 has demonstrated that soil humic acid fractions can be prepared free from contaminants, nevertheless, such contaminants have occurred in earlier work and have led to erroneous conclusions based on incorrect interpretation of infrared spectra. re]19760914

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Russell, J.D., Anderson, H.A. Comment on ‘Contamination of humic acid by silica gel and sodium bicarbonate’ by K. H. Tan. Plant Soil 47, 263–264 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010388

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