Few studies have combined molecular- and macroscopic-scale investigations with surface complexation model (SCM) development to predict trace metal speciation and partitioning in aqueous systems over a broad range of conditions. In this work, an extensive collection of new macroscopic and spectroscopic data was used to assess the ability of the modified triple-layer model (TLM) to predict single...

Arsenic, one of the most toxic and dangerous elements in the environment affecting millions of people around the world, is associated with several diseases. In this pilot study, we investigated removal of arsenate from aqueous solutions using chitosan under the influences of initial arsenic ion concentrations, pH, contact time, and adsorbent dosages of chitosan. In order to assess the sorption ...

A new polymeric resin poly(maleic acid –acrylamide )-Cesium P(MA-AM)-Cs was prepared by gamma radiation-induced co-polymerization of maleic acid ( MA) with acrylamide (AM) in the presence of cesium chloride CsCl as a metal salt in aqueous solution route at 25 KGy to be used as a sorbent. The polymeric resin was characterized using Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR), simultaneous th...

a new category of hybrid organic-inorganic zirconium phosphonate, zr[(o3pch2)2nc6h4co2h].2h2o was synthesized and the applicability of the prepared sorbent as an ion-exchanger for removal of ni2+, cu2+ and zn2+ from aqueous solutions was evaluated. the characterization of the synthesis product was done using tg-dtg, sem, xrd, ft-ir techniques. study of the sorption isotherms and its kinetic par...

Equilibrium moisture content (EMC) as a function of relative humidity (RH) was measured in oriented strandboard. particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, hardboard, high pressure laminates, and solid wood. The measurements were made in both adsorption and desorption at 2 9 2 . The EMCRH data were fit to Nelson's sorption isotherm. It was found that Nelson's model can be used to describe the ex...

Sewage sludge sorption and desorption measurements were conducted for nine diverse contaminants of varying polarity: caffeine, sulfamethoxazole, carbamazepine, atrazine, estradiol, ethinylestradiol, diclofenac, and, for the first time desethylatrazine and norethindrone. Two types of sorption behaviour were observed. Compounds with a log octanol-water partition coefficient, log Kow, below 3 show...

Sorption of TCE to the caliche soil exhibited linear isotherm at the high TCE concentrations (Co=122-1300 mg L(-1)) but Freundlich isotherm at the low concentration range (1-122 mg L(-1)). Sorption strength of the carbonate fraction of the soil was about 100-fold lower than the sorption strength of soil organic matter (SOM) in the caliche soil, indicating weak affinity of TCE for the carbonate ...

The sorption of two dyes, namely, Basic BIue 69 and Acid Bhre 25 onto peat has been studied in terms of pseudo-second order and first order mechanisms for chemical sorption as vrell as an intraparticle diffusion mechani!jm process. The batch sorption process, based on the assumption of a pseudo-second order mechanism, has been developed to predict the rite constant of sorption. the equ~lib~um c...