Sorption of phenols on hexadecyltrimethylammonium- modified bentonite: Application of Polanyi−Manes potential theory

Jiyeon Choi, Dong-Ik Song and Won Sik Shin

Energy & Environment, 2021, vol. 32, issue 5, 902-920

Abstract: This study investigated the sorption of phenol and 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) on natural bentonite modified with hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA) cation. The Freundlich, Langmuir, Dubinin−Radushkevich (DR), Sips, and Polanyi−Dubinin−Manes (PDM) models fitted the sorption data well (R 2  > 0.92). The Freundlich coefficient and the maximum sorbed amount of the Langmuir and PDM models of 4-CP were higher than phenol because of higher hydrophobicity (log K ow  = 2.39 for 4-CP and 1.46 for phenol). The PDM model that includes solubility and molar volume was highly useful in predicting the sorption of phenols having widely different hydrophobicity and solubility. The characteristic curves, the plot of sorbed volume ( q v ) versus the sorption potential per molar volume ( ε / V m ) of 4-CP and phenol were distinctly different although they have similar chemical compositions. The selectivity of 4-CP (3.72) was higher than that of phenol (0.27) in binary sorption systems. The sorbed volume ( q v ) in the binary sorption was remarkably reduced and the characteristic curve had wider distribution owing to competition in pore-filling. The sorption behaviors were elucidated by partitioning and pore-filling mechanisms. Among the tested binary sorption models, the modified Langmuir competitive model was the best in the prediction of the binary sorption (R 2  > 0.98).

Keywords: HDTMA-bentonite; partitioning; phenols; polanyi potential theory; pore-filling; sorption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0958305X20977286

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