Study on Water-Soluble Organic Reducing Substances. I. Determination of Organic Reducing Substances by Differential Pulse Voltammetry

A new method was proposed for study of organic reducing substances in soils.According to the theoretical relationship between the voltammetric behaviors and reduction-oxidation reaction of reducing substances,the working conditions of differential pulse voltammetry (d.p.v.)for determining the organic reducing substances produced during the processes of the anaerobic decomposition of plant materials were established with a glass carbon electrode as working electrode,1M Ag-AgCl electrode with large area as reference electrode,0.2M NH4Ac as supporting from -0.5 to +1.2 voltage(vs.M Ag-AgCl).The peak current proportional to the concentration of reducing substances,and the characteristic peak potential of each organic reducing substance were regarded as the quantitative and qualitative base,respectively.These results obtained under the conditions mentioned above directly reflect both the reducing intensity and capacity of the organic reducing system in soils.

A new method was proposed for study of organic reducing substances in soils. According to the theoretical relationship between the voltammetric behaviors and reduction-oxidation reaction of reducing substances, the working conditions of differential pulse voltammetry (d.p. v.) for determining the organic reducing substances produced during the processes of the anaerobic decomposition of plant materials were established with a glass carbon electrode as working electrode, 1 M Ag-AgCl electrode with large area as reference electrode, 0.2 M NH4AC as supporting electrolyte and pH buffer solution, pulse amplitude (AE) of 25 mV, scan rate at 2 mV·S-1and scan potential ranging from -0.5 to +1.2 voltage(vs. M Ag-AgCl). The peak current proportional to the concentration of reducing substances, and the characteristic peak potential of each organic reducing substance were regarded as the quantitative and qualitative base, respectively. These results obtained under the conditions mentioned above directly reflect both the reducing intensity and capacity of the organic reducing system in soils.