in the present study, the capability of dried indigenous biomass of vibrio and oceanimonas, was assessed and compared for mercury biosorption from aqueous solutions. it was found that both of the biosorbents reached equilibrium after 60 min of contact although the mercury sorption capacity of vibrio was significantly more. its sorption capacity increased from 9 to 83 mg/g biomass by increasing ...

in this paper, the vapor-liquid equilibrium (vle) properties of polar and nonpolar fluids are modeled by the use of a statistically-based equation of state (eos). the equation of state used in this work is that of ihm-song-mason (ism) eos. an alternative approach is to revise the isothermal integration on liquid. in this respect, a temperature-dependent revision factor b (t) is introduced to th...

water desorption isotherms of raw and osmotically dehydrated (at 25ºc, for 2 hours, with 10 and 26% nacl solutions) garlic slices at different temperatures (25, 40, 55, and 70ºc) were experimentally determined over a range of water activity of 0.05–0.90 using a static gravimetric method. desorption isotherms can be classified as type iii. the water desorption isotherms of raw garlic clearly sho...