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ORGANIC matter originating from the Bh horizon of a podzol soil is of interest for two reasons. First, because of the presence of a large number of functional groups it reacts readily with metals, metallic oxides and possibly clays and can therefore serve as a model for metallo-organic reactions in soils. Secondly, so far as organic chemists are concerned, its low molecular weight makes it a suitable starting material for the investigation of the chemical structure of soil humic acids.
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BARTON, D., SCHNITZER, M. A New Experimental Approach to the Humic Acid Problem. Nature 198, 217–218 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198217a0
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