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Adsorption in Heterogeneous Aqueous Systems
Author(s) -
Weber Walter J.,
Morris J. Carrell
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1964.tb01233.x
Subject(s) - adsorption , activated carbon , aqueous solution , chemistry , pollutant , thermodynamics , process (computing) , carbon fibers , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , physics , engineering , composite number , composite material , operating system
This article discusses investigations of adsorption on carbon from binary solute systems in order to understand the behavior of activated carbon with mixed solutions. Results indicate that each solute affects adversely both the rate of adsorption and the equilibrium capacity for adsorption of the other compound present. Although such a pattern was to be expected, the small amount of experimental data previously available directly related to adsorption of pollutants from wastewaters did not show such effects. The present data are more in accord with the expected behavior on the basis of the current understanding of the adsorptive process.