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Description of adsorption equilibrium of PAHs on hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent using Polanyi potential theory

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In this research, static adsorption of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), naphthalene, acenaphthene, and fluorene, from aqueous solutions onto hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent within the temperature range of 288–308 K is investigated. Several isotherm equations are correlated with the equilibrium data, and the experimental data is found to fit the Polanyi-Dubinin-Manes model best within the entire range of concentrations, providing evidence that pore-filling is the dominating sorption mechanism for PAHs. The study shows that the molecular size of adsorbates has distinct influence on adsorption capacity of hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent for the PAHs; the larger the adsorbate molecular size, the lower the adsorption equilibrium capacity. Based on the Polanyi-Dubinin-Manes model, the molecular size of adsorbates was introduced to adjust the adsorbate molar volume. Plots of q v vs. (σε/V s) are collapsed to a single correlation curve for different adsorbates on hypercrosslinked polymeric resin.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Chao Long, AiMin Li, FuQiang Liu & QuanXing Zhang

  2. Engineering Technology Research Center of Organic Toxic Substance Control and Resource Reuse of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210038, China

    Chao Long, AiMin Li, DaBo Hu, FuQiang Liu & QuanXing Zhang

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Long, C., Li, A., Hu, D. et al. Description of adsorption equilibrium of PAHs on hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent using Polanyi potential theory. Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 51, 586–592 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-007-0111-z

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