Sorption of organics from aqueous solution onto polymeric resins

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00023a040· OSTI ID:5643137

Gusler, G M; Browne, T E; Cohen, Y ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

The uptake of phenol, toluene, chlorobenzene, and benzoic acid by several polymeric resins and activated carbon was investigated experimentally. Presentation of the sorption data in terms of the number of sorbed monolayers and fractional pore volume filled indicated that, for the polymeric resins, solute uptake cannot be viewed as only a surface adsorption phenomenon. It is suggested that the aqueous phase uptake of phenol, toluene, chlorobenzene, and benzoic acid by the polymeric resins is attributable, in part, to solute absorption. The present study also suggests that solute uptake is affected by the swelling of some of the polymeric resins in water.

• OSTI ID: 5643137
• Journal Information: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research; (United States), Vol. 32:11; ISSN 0888-5885
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTIVATED CARBON
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ADSORPTION
POLYMERS
ADSORBENTS
BENZOIC ACID
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
PHENOL
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TOLUENE
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CARBON
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ELEMENTS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
SORPTION
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Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)