Competitive adsorption of organic compounds by microbial biomass

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/10934528809375448· OSTI ID:5075436

Selvakumar, A; Hsieh, H N ^[1]

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1. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark (USA)

This study investigated the effect of competitive adsorption of liquid organic compounds on inactive microbial biomass in bisolute solution systems. Phenol-nitrophenol, phenol-chlorophenol, nitrophenol-chlorophenol, and chlorobenzene-ethylbenzene systems were selected for the analysis. The experimental results suggest that although the amount of each solute adsorbed on the biomass can be reduced significantly by the presence of a second solute, the combined adsorptive capacity was greater than that for either of the individual substances from its pure solution. The octanol/water partition coefficient(K{sub ow}) indicates the relative extent of adsorption better than the aqueous solubility(S).

• OSTI ID: 5075436
• Journal Information: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering; (USA), Vol. 23:8; ISSN 0360-1226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MICROORGANISMS
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
NITROPHENOL
ADSORPTION
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
BIOMASS
AROMATICS
ENERGY SOURCES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
NITRO COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SORPTION
SURFACE PROPERTIES
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