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The alkaline buffering capacity of humic substances in persistent organic materials such as peats has been utilized for remediation of alkaline soils. The purposes of the present study were to reveal the mechanism of alkaline buffering and to quantify the alkaline buffering capacity of humic substances contained in three peat samples obtained from Hokkaido, Canada, and Sri Lanka. Acidic functional...