Sorption-desorption and moisture accumulation tests are simple and quick methods for the in vivo functional analysis of stratum corneum hydration kinetics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the hydration dynamics of the uninvolved and affected skin of children with atopic dermatitis and to compare them with the skin of healthy children. The study investigated 45 children. The dynamic tests ...

Salinomycin is polyether ionophore, commonly used in poultry industry for the prevention of coccidial infections and promotion of growth. A large amount of the administered antibiotic is excreted as parent compound, eventually reaching agricultural lands. This makes it imperative for researchers to understand the behavior of the compound in soil environment by conducting sorption-desorption stu...

a chelating resin of polystyrene divinylbenzene resin functionalized by 1-(2-pyridylazo) 2- naphtol (psdvb-pan) has been synthesized and its sorption properties have been investigated for preconcentration and determination of cadmium at μg/l level by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. the procedure is based on the sorption of cd(ii) ions on a minicolumn of synthesized chelating resin. the...

the thin gelatin films, prepared by casting of gelatin solutions at different drying temperatures, had different molecular morphologies as monitored, using wide angle x-ray diffraction (waxd) and differential scanning calorimetry (dsc) techniques. it was revealed that gelatin films dried at lower temperatures showed markedly higher crystalline or helical structure with slightly higher tg and lo...

A new model of time-dependent sorption-desorption hysteresis is presented. This type of hysteresis is not related to transitions between metastable adsorption states, which are a common cause of capillary condensation hysteresis in mesoporous materials. We show that time-dependent hysteresis is a consequence of slow kinetics and failure to reach equilibrium at given experimental conditions. The...

organic acids exuded by plant roots increase solubility of soil micronutrient complexes. this study was carried out to evaluate adsorption isotherms of 4 acidic and 4 calcareous soils at presence of organic acids (citric, malic and oxalic acids). iron sorption and desorption isotherms are defined in to two systems including; system 1; soil-water-metal, system 2; soil-water-organic acid-metal). ...

Batch sorption experiments were conducted with heavy metal solutions in 0.01 M CaCl2 at low equilibrium concentrations of Cu, Pb, Cd, and Cr in 10 different intact soil samples. Metal solid/liquid distribution coefficients Kd were determined from the adsorption isotherms obtained. Their values varied over a range from 57 to 53 000 mL/g. The soils used in the experiment were chosen according to ...

Two polymeric anion-exchange resins and one sorbent resin were evaluated for their propensity to adsorb, and subsequently desorb, oryzalin. The intent was to determine whether these resins could adsorb and subsequently release oryzalin in a manner that would render these resins as an option for slow-release herbicide delivery. The dinitroaniline herbicide oryzalin is weakly acidic with a dissoc...

The capacity of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) as a sorbent of fungicides was evaluated for its possible use in regulating pesticide mobility in the environment. The sorption studies involved four different SMS types in terms of nature and treatment and eight fungicides selected as representative compounds from different chemical groups. Nonlinear sorption isotherms were observed for all SMS-fu...

The potentialities of different vapour sorption methods are analized for the investigation of the microstructure of wood sorbents (wood, cellulose and lignin) as a particular case of biopolymers. There are two important distinctions in the sorption behaviour of biopolymers from traditional rigid sorbents, namely, the dependence of the characteristics of the porous structure on the thermodynamic...