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Adsorption Equilibria PDF
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Adsorption Equil Principles_483
Control
mg g Co - Ce mg/L or Co - Ce .V = mass
qe or
g g Csolid g/L X mass
Freundlich: q k f c n
Adsorption Equilibria
i. Linear
ii. Langmuir
iii. Freundlich
iv. Brunauer, Emmet, and Teller (BET)
qe = K. Ce
QM
Langmuir Isotherm
It assumes
1. Monolayer coverage,
2. Equilibrium model,
3. All adsorption sites are equally probable,
4. A second order reaction.
[S.A]
At equilibrium Kad = Eq’n 1
[Sv ][A]
Consider total number of sites, ST, to be fixed :
(possible if monolayer coverage is assumed)
[S.A]
ST = +[S.A]
K ad [A]
Solve for [S.A] and use CA = [A]
ST K ad .CA .ST
[S.A] = =
1 1+K .C
1+ ad A
K ad .CA
QM .K ad .CA
qA =
1+K ad .CA
or
b.Ce .Q0
qA =
1+ b.Ce
where
Qo or QM
KB Ce Q0
qe
(CS Ce ){1 (KB 1)(Ce / CS )}
CS =saturation (solubility limit) concentration of the
solute. (mg/liter)
Ce
Ce 1 Ce
0
qe K Q 0
Q
and slope: 1
0
Q
If you obtain a straight line, determine constants
from slope and intercept.
or:
1 1 1 1
0
qe Q K Q Ce
0
1
and slope :
K Q 0
If you obtain a straight line, determine constants
from slope and intercept.
For the Freundlich isotherm use the log-log version :
1
log q e log K F log C
n
A log-log plot should yield an intercept of log KF
and a slope of 1/n.
For the BET isotherm we can arrange the isotherm
equation to get:
Ce KB 1 Ce 1
(CS Ce ) qe KB Q CS KB Q0
0
1
Intercept =
KB Q0
KB 1
Slope = 0
K B Q Cs