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Adsorption of binary liquid‐phase hydrocarbon mixtures on arctic terrain
Author(s) -
Moore J. P.,
Phillips C. R.,
Tombalakian A. S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450540111
Subject(s) - adsorption , hydrocarbon , chemistry , phase (matter) , benzene , sorption , terrain , chromatography , analytical chemistry (journal) , organic chemistry , geography , cartography
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.