Characterization of the coal derived humic acids from Mukah, Sarawak as soil conditioner

• Main Authors: Sim Siong, Fong, Lau, Seng, Wong Nan, Chong, Janice, Asing, Muhammad Faizal, Md Nor, Amira Satirawaty, Mohd PauzanI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7425/1/Chong.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7425/; http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-50532006000300023&script=sci_arttext

In Malaysia, abundant coal resources were found in Sarawak and Sabah. The utilization of coal resources, to date, is emphasized on the energy productions. The non-energy utilization as soil conditioner is unexplored. Therefore, this study attempted to characterize the coal humic acids extracted from...