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BLANCO, Diego A; GIRALDO, Liliana  y  JUANC, Moreno. ADSORPTION FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION ON ACTIVATED CARBON. RELATION ADSORPTION ISOTHERM AND IMMERSION ENTHALPY. Rev.Colomb.Quim. [online]. 2008, vol.37, n.2, pp.203-216. ISSN 0120-2804.

The resorcinol adsorption on a modified activated carbon, obtained from an activated commercial carbon CarbochemTM- PS30, CAG, modified by means of chemical treatment with HNO3 7M, oxidized activated carbon (CAO) and heat treatment under H2 flow, reduced activated carbon (CAR), are studied. The influence of solution pH, the reduction and oxidation of the activated surface carbon are analyzed, and the immersion enthalpy of activated carbons in resorcinol aqueous solutions is determined. The interaction solid-solution is characterized by adsorption isotherms analysis, at 298 K and at pHs of 7, 9 and 11 in order to evaluate the system on and below the value of resorcinol pKa. The adsorption capacity of carbons increases whit diminishing solution pH. The amount retained increases in the reduced carbon at maximum adsorption pH and diminishes in the oxidized carbon. The experimental results of the adsorption isotherms are adjusted to the Freundlich and Langmuir models, obtaining values for the Qmax parameter Langmuir’s model in the CAG of 179, 156 and 44 mgg-1, for pH values of 7, 9 and 11 respectively. In the case of modified carbons values of 233, 179 and 164 mgg-1 are obtained for the CAR, CAG and CAO to pH 7 respectively. As general tendency the resorcinol adsorption increases in the following order CAR > CAG > CAO. Similar conclusions from immersion enthalpies are obtained, their values increase with the amount of solute retained. In the case of the CAG, immersion enthalpies between 25.8 to 40.9 Jg-1 are obtained for resorcinol aqueous solutions in a range from 20 to 1500 mgL-1.

Palabras clave : Activated carbon; adsorption; resorcinol; reduction; oxidation; immersion calorimetry; immersion enthalpy.

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