Adsorption of binary liquid‐phase hydrocarbon mixtures on arctic terrain
Abstract Adsorption isotherms for the sorption of various binary liquid‐phase hydrocarbon mixtures on Arctic terrain were determined. The terrain was classified into three distinct layers, moss, detritus, and clay. The sequence of mass loading (g of hydrocarbon adsorbed/g of terrain) for each layer,...
| Published in: | The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjce.5450540111 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fcjce.5450540111 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cjce.5450540111 |
| Summary: | Abstract Adsorption isotherms for the sorption of various binary liquid‐phase hydrocarbon mixtures on Arctic terrain were determined. The terrain was classified into three distinct layers, moss, detritus, and clay. The sequence of mass loading (g of hydrocarbon adsorbed/g of terrain) for each layer, and hence for the total terrain, was found to be the same, that is, nC 16 > n‐C 10 > p‐xylene > benzene > n‐C 5 , determined from liquid phase adsorption from binary systems in which n‐C 10 was one component The behaviour of the Arctic terrain in the binary hydrocarbon mixtures investigated could be described by Freundlich adsorption isotherms. The extent of adsorption increases with the organic content of the terrain, and factors which determined adsorption appear to be physical in nature. For the hydrocarbons studied, the higher molecular weight hydrocarbon was ferentially adsorbed. |
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