of, relating to, derived from, or resembling humus
humic acids
Word origin
C19: from Latin humus ground + -ic
humic in American English
(ˈhjumɪk)
adjective
of or derived from humus
humic in American English
(ˈhjuːmɪk, or, often ˈjuː-)
adjective
Chemistry
of or noting a substance, as an acid, obtained from humus
Word origin
[1835–45; ‹ L hum(us) ground, mould + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, cutaway, daisy chain, ecumenical, protein-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'humic' in a sentence
humic
Finally, various methods were compared to the universal method of humic substances.
Omid Shabnani Moghadam, Seyed Ahmad Ataei, Arash Hemati 2015, 'Determining the best extractant and extraction conditions for fulvic acid throughqualitative and quantitative analysis of vermicompost', Azarian Journal of Agriculturehttp://azarianjournals.ir/wp-content/uploads/aja15041701.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chemical analyses were used to determine how tillage affected various humic substances.
R. Moussadek, R. Mrabet, R. Dahan, A. Zouahri, M. El Mourid, E. Van Ranst 2014, 'Tillage System Affects Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Quality in Central Morocco',Applied and Environmental Soil Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/654796. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Specifically in surface waters filtration, organic matter, such as humic-like substances, can cause irreversible fouling.
Fabrício Eduardo Bortot Coelho, Chiara Gionco, Maria Cristina Paganini, Paola Calza,Giuliana Magnacca 2019, 'Control of Membrane Fouling in Organics Filtration Using Ce-Doped Zirconia and VisibleLight', Nanomaterialshttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/4/534. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, the presence of humic acids in hydrogel slightly increased the mobility of nickel.
Martina Klucakova, Jiri Smilek, Petr Sedlacek 2019, 'How Humic Acids Affect the Rheological and Transport Properties of Hydrogels', Moleculeshttps://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/8/1545. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The coal humic acids from the regenerated sample were also assessed.
Fong Sim Siong, Seng Lau, Chong Wong Nan, Asing Janice, Nor Muhammad Faizal b Md,Pauzan Amira Satirawaty bt Mohd 2006, 'Characterization of the coal derived humic acids from Mukah, Sarawak as soil conditioner',Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Societyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532006000300023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This suggests that more aromatic and humic-like compounds were enriched during the biological process.
Min-Hye Park, Tae-Hwan Lee, Bo-Mi Lee, Jin Hur, Dae-Hee Park 2009, 'Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Characterization of Wastewater Organic Matter froma Biological Treatment Plant', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/1/254/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nonetheless, the impacts of bio-refractory humic substances on anammox consortia arerarely reported.
Yabing Meng, Li-Nan Huang, Fangang Meng 2019, 'Metagenomics Response of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (anammox) Bacteria to Bio-RefractoryHumic Substances in Wastewater', Waterhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/2/365. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Humic and fulvic acid, humin macromolecules, and whole soil samples were analyzed.
Saab Sérgio C, Martin-Neto Ladislau 2004, 'Studies of semiquinone free radicals by ESR in the whole soil, HA, FA and humin substances',Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Societyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532004000100007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The chemical nature of humic and fulvic acids also varied with the soil depth.
Luciano Pasqualoto Canellas, Arnoldo Rocha Façanha 2004, 'Chemical nature of soil humified fractions and their bioactivity Natureza químicado húmus do solo e sua bioatividade', Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2004000300005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The chemical nature of the humic acids was similar to fulvic acids.
Cristiana do Couto Miranda, Luciano Pasqualoto Canellas, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento 2007, 'Caracterização da matéria orgânica do solo em fragmentos de mata atlântica e em plantiosabandonados de eucalipto Quality of soil organic matter in fragments of atlantic forestand abandoned eucalyptus plantations', Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832007000500008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)