Differential capacitance versus frequency curves simulated for different equivalent circuits representing different cases of anion adsorption have been analyzed. The analysis showed that in all cases with an ideal, homogeneous electrode surface, the real value of the differential capacitance, representing the sum of the double layer and adsorption capacitances (independent of frequency) could b...

introduction: discharge of textile wastewater causes the reduction of sunlight penetration, interferes with the receiving waters ecology and damage the environment. the aim of this study was to determine the removal efficiency of reactive blue 19 dye from aqueous solutions by cuttlefish bone powder. materials & methods: this study was performed experimentally and in laboratory scale. in this re...

The suitability of the X-ray microtomographic technique to study the dynamics of vapor adsorption on carbon beds was assessed in this work. This technique was tested using three different systems: CH3I, water vapor and a mixture of waterand organic vapors. Image analysis of the carbon bed cross-sections obtained by X-ray microtomography allows determining the adsorption front progress in the ca...

We have examined the adsorption behavior at approximately 110 K of NO on NiO(111) overlayers prepared on a Ni(111) substrate. High-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy shows fundamental changes in the vibrational spectrum for the beam dosed surface in comparison with the background dosed surface. Three vibrational peaks are observed after beam dosing, two of which are not observed after...

Adsorption of NO and the reaction between NO and H2 were investigated on the Ru(0001) surface by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Surface composition was measured after NO adsorption and after the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with hydrogen in steady-state conditions at 320 K and 390 K in a 30:1 mixture of H2 and NO (total pressure = 10 4 mbar). After steady-state NO redu...

Adsorption is a common unit operation in separation and purification of biotechnological products where chromatography steps can make up more than half the amount of the total purification costs [1]. The molecular mechanisms of adsorption are still not understood in detail. Further understanding of interactions between adsorbent surfaces and adsorptives could help to facilitate process design i...

Adsorption is one important technique in fluoride removal from aqueous solutions. The viability of adsorption techniques is greatly dependent on the development of adsorptive materials. A large number of materials have been tested at a fluoride concentration greater than 2 mg/l, and the lowest limit for fluoride reduction by them is about 2 mg/l. Decreasing the fluoride concentration to less th...

Understanding the interaction between bacterial cells and solid surfaces is essential to our attempts to quantify and predict the transport of microbes in groundwater aquifers, whether from the point of view of contamination or from that of bioremediation. The sorption of bacterial cells suspended in groundwater to porous medium grains was examined in batch studies. Bacterial sorption to clean ...

Chemical and morphological heterogeneities of carbon sorbents play important roles in gas-phase adsorption. However, the specific chemical complexes and topological structures of carbon that favor or impede elemental mercury uptake are not well understood and are the subject of this study. Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) with a model carbonaceous material (highly oriented pyrolytic grap...