In the smelting of aluminium, HF fumes are produced that are subsequently trapped by absorption onto alumina. The factors that affect the adsorption capacity of alumina have been studied previously and are weU established, but the mechanism by which HF adsorbs onto the alumina surface is not well understood. In this study, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to investigate the natur...

As part of our efforts to model enhanced coalbed methane recovery and CO2 sequestration in coalbeds, we have investigated the pure adsorption isotherm behavior of five dry coals namely, Illinois #6, Wyodak sub-bituminous, Pocahontas, Beulah Zap, and Upper Freeport coal. Using a volumetric technique, isotherms of pure methane, nitrogen, CO2 and ethane were measured at a temperature of 328.15 K (...

the objective of this study was to assess the potential of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles loaded onto activated carbon (cdsn-ac) for the removal of sunset yellow (sy) dye from aqueous solution. adsorption studies were conducted in a batch mode varying solution ph, contact time, initial dye concentration, cdsn-ac dose. in order to investigate the efficiency of sy adsorption on cdsn-ac, pseudo-fir...

The oxidation of carbon monoxide was studied on a single-crystal Pd( 11 1) catalyst using an elevated pressure I R cell/ultrahigh vacuum surface analysis system. The reaction kinetics were followed a t elevated pressures by measuring the total pressure change during the course of reaction. In the temperature range of 500-570 K an apparent activation energy of 28.1 f 0.3 kcal/mol was determined,...

This investigation reveals the capability of Agave lechuguilla for trivalent and hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions. Experimentation included pH profile, time dependence, adsorption capacity (K(F) and Q(L)), adsorption intensity (n and R(L)) and saturation capacity (q(s)) studies. Batch experiments were conducted at 22( composite function)C to characterize and model the adsorpti...

We investigate the adsorption of CO2 over an MgO(001) terrace, as calculated using an embedded cluster method. We find adsorbed geometries for CO2 on the perfect surface with energies which differ appreciably from previous studies, and observe that it is polarization of the surface rather than the inclusion of electron correlation which leads to this discrepancy. Our results suggest that both m...

The optimization of adsorption-based operations requires an accurate model to represent the separation process. In the present study, single-component adsorption data of L-lysine on its imprinted polymer were fitted to Freundlich, Langmuir-type and Jovanovic-type models. L-Lysine imprinted polymer (LLIP) was prepared by free radical solution polymerization. The best estimate of the parameters o...

Hydrogen storage and release are two essential parameters that define the efficiency of a hydrogen storage medium. Herein, we investigate the effects of the external electric field F on the adsorption-desorption of H2 on a Ca-decorated silicene system (Ca-silicene) based on density functional theory calculations. Our study demonstrates that nine H2 molecules per Ca atom can be adsorbed and 6.4 ...

Surface modifications of microfluidic devices are of essential importance for successful bioanalytical applications. Here, we investigate three different coatings for quartz and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) surfaces. We employed a triblock copolymer with trade name F(108), poly(L-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-PEG), as well as the hybrid coating n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside and methyl cellulo...