humic

From humus +‎ -ic.

• Rhymes: -uːmɪk

humic

1. Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).

humic (plural humics)

1. A derivative of humic acid.
   • 1996, William C. Becker, Charles R. O'Melia, Optimizing Ozonation for Turbidity and Organics, page 11:

     For waters with low concentrations of aquatic humics, the coagulant dose is controlled not by the humics but by the properties of the coagulant (pH and solubility for metal coagulants).

   • 2005, Irina V. Perminova, Kirk Hatfield, Norbert Hertkorn, Use of Humic Substances to Remediate Polluted Environments, page 16:

     A number of recent publications […] claim previous studies have overestimated the importance of the aromatic moieties present in humics […]

   • 2020, Roger S. Wotton, The Biology of Particles in Aquatic Systems, Second Edition:

     Freshwater chemists learned that rather than manipulate large volumes of water through a complex procedure in order to extract a few milligrams of humics or fulvics, a simple adsorption column of certain resins could collect […]

• UMich

Borrowed from French humique.

humic m or n (feminine singular humică, masculine plural humici, feminine and neuter plural humice)

1. humic