Biochar is a useful way to store carbon that cannot be easily released back into the  atmosphere. When burned at low temperatures, they can be highly functionalized to bond to  lighter metals. At higher burning temperatures, they are porous and aromatic and bind to  heavier metals. This type could be functionalized to bind to both light and heavy metals.  Humic-like acids (HLA) that can be extracted from biochar give it these properties and are used  in a similar manner to humic acid (HA).<br/> HA is commercially available and can be prepared from soil samples and our procedure  for doing so is from the International Humic Substances Society recommendations in addition to  excerpts from Science of Total Environment. The commercially available HA is compared to the  soil samples produced from the soil samples.<br/> The HA will be used in conjunction with magnetic nanoparticles. The properties of  nanoparticles can allow for a wide variety of applications and altered properties. This includes  binding properties. Our production and procedure of metal binding nanoparticles is guided by  articles in American Chemical Society and an additional article from Bioresource Technology.  Magnetic nanoparticles will be attached to HA to functionalize it to better bind with metals. This  can be used to bind to and remove harmful substances (like metals) from the environment.

Synthesis of humic acid and humic-like acids and metal functionalization of humic acid

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