huminous

comparative more huminous · superlative most huminous

1. Pertaining to humin.

   In the carbon balance there are some differences in the share or bituminous and huminous carbon, free hydrocarbon contents as well as hydrogen and oxygen indices, but ...

   1991, Acta geologica et geographica Universitatis Comenianae: Geologica

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   The organic zeolites as here defined are made from carbonaceous, resinous and huminous materials and operate in the cation-exchange cycle employing sodium in regeneration.

   1941, Tentative Draft of Methods for Testing Zeolites

   On the other hand, the strength of the connection which the ion of a heavy metal establishes with its substrate will directly determine its mobility -- the ion bound by weak, adsorptive connections to some substrate will easily convert into a solution, while the huminous associated metals will be firmly gound to their substrate.

   2009, Tarek A. Kassim, Damià Barceló, Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath, →ISBN, page 288