K. Ichibashi et al., Facilitated ion-transfer of a hydrophobic tetraalkylammonium ion in nitrobenzene to aqueous phase by humic acid, CHEM LETT, (5), 1999, pp. 383-384
Ion transfer at an interface of organic nitrobenzene and aqueous phases was
polarographically studied in the presence of humic acid using an ascending
aqueous electrode. The transfer of hydrophobic tetraheptylammonium cation
as a supporting electrolyte ion in nitrobenzene to the aqueous phase was gr
eatly facilitated by the incorporation into the micelle-like humic acid agg
regates formed around CMC of humic acid.