Intensive dispersion technologies for extraction of humic substances from peat

Humic substances are abundant in the environment and they can be isolated in preparativequantities from low rank coal, peat and soil. Traditionally for their isolation treatment withsolutions of Na OH, KOH or metal salts (K4P2O7) has been used. The aim of this article is toapply intensive extraction technologies for isolation ofhumic acids from peatUsed technologies provide opportunities to obtain peat humic substances with significantlyhigher yields and more rapidly than traditional boiling in alkalic solutions. During thetreatment peat fibers are subjected to major destruction.