Research Article

Structural Analysis of Humic Acid in Soil at Different Corn Straw Returning Modes through Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Infrared Spectroscopy

Table 3

Typical properties of monodimensional fluorescence spectra of soil humic acids at different straw returning modes.

TreatmentSoil depth (cm)EmissionExcitationSynchronous-scan
527/518 nm intensity (a.u.)300 nm intensity (a.u.)448 nm intensity (a.u.)380 nm intensity (a.u.)456 nm intensity (a.u.)I456/I380

CK5–20183.5222.3249.374.8215.82.89
St130.2188.2167.553.5138.22.58
Ss168.3226.3236.678.2212.92.72
Smt150.7198.5208.863.5166.22.62
Sms165.8219.2225.468.9182.12.64

CK20–40161.5216.5222.473.6192.22.61
St143.4197.5185.760.7155.52.56
Ss179.6235.6245.985.0230.42.71
Smt164.9221.7223.968.7183.22.67
Sms155.1205.5221.773.5190.72.59

Note: no straw was applied (CK), straw returning to topsoil (St), straw returning to subsoil (Ss), straw mixing with topsoil (Smt), and straw mixing with subsoil (Sms).