Experimental Study Assessing the Role of Sedimentary Organic Materials to Control the Redox State of Ground Materials to Control the Redox State of Groundwater: Consumption of Dissolved Oxygen by Humic Acid

Abstract

Abstract: A total of 189 runs were completed to determine the rate of dissolved oxygen consumption in water by the reaction humic acid at 25°, 45°, and 65°C. Glass vial bottles were used as reaction vessels, and humic aicd and pure water of different intitial O2 concentration was loaded with humic acid/water weight of 0.008 and 0.009. Vials were opened periodically to measure O2 concentrations. The pH of the solution fluctuated in the early stages of the experiments and gradually decreased to a constant value. Dissolved oxygen concentration decreased, for example, from initial value of 12 mg/l to 9 mg/l at 25°C, to 5 mg/l at 45°C, and to 2 mg/l at 65°C after the reaction of 500 hours. Analyses of rates suggest that the reaction is first order, and rate constants are 8.42 × 10‐9 at 25°C, 2.22 × 10‐8 at 45°C, and 1.28 × 10‐7 moles m‐2 s‐1 at 65°C.