Journals / Turkish Journal of Chemistry / 1999 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 2

Investigation of Adsorption Isotherms of Myristic, Palmitic and Stearic Acids on Rice Hull Ash

Pages
193–198
DOI
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Abstract

The adsorption of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids on rice hull ash from isooctane as solvent was studied and conformed to a Langmuir isotherm. Monolayer coverage was determined to be 40.08, 38.43 and 37.27 mg/g, respectively. The free energy of adsorption, D G°ads, for the adsorption was determined to be -6,25, -6.32 and -6.39 kcal mol-1 for the adsorbates, respectively. The equilibrium parameter indicated that rice hull ash is a good adsorbent for myristic, palmitic and stearic acids examined.

Özet

The adsorption of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids on rice hull ash from isooctane as solvent was studied and conformed to a Langmuir isotherm. Monolayer coverage was determined to be 40.08, 38.43 and 37.27 mg/g, respectively. The free energy of adsorption, D G°ads, for the adsorption was determined to be -6,25, -6.32 and -6.39 kcal mol-1 for the adsorbates, respectively. The equilibrium parameter indicated that rice hull ash is a good adsorbent for myristic, palmitic and stearic acids examined.

Keywords: Adsorption, free energy of adsorption, Langmuir isotherm, myristic, palmitic, stearic acids, rice hull ash.