Adsorption Behavior of Sodium Hydrogen Sulfate on Silica Gel
Jumei Xu
School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
Zhongkai Jiang
School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
Zuoxiang Zeng *
School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
Weilan Xue
School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The adsorption behavior of sodium bisulfate on silica gel was studied. The adsorption isothem of sodium hydrogen sulfate on silica gel were measured in the temperature range of 298.15 ~ 328.15 K, and the Langmuir model and the Dubini-Radushkevich (D-R) model were used to fit the experimental isotherm data. The average characteristic concentration (Ce') of NaHSO4 was determined at different temperatures to distinguish chemisorption from physisorption. The values of the mean free energy (E) calculated from the D−R isotherm equation indicated that the adsorption of NaHSO4 on silica gel occurs by sequential chemical and physical mechanisms.
Keywords: Adsorption, sodium bisulfate, silica gel, Langmuir, Dubini-Radushkevich.