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Original Articles

Properties of soil humic substances in fractions obtained by sequential extraction with pyrophosphate solutions at different pHs

I. Yield and particle size distribution

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Pages 253-260 | Received 11 Aug 1997, Accepted 26 Jan 1998, Published online: 04 Jan 2012

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