entropy of adsorption

Author(s):  
R. Imbihl

Reversible results for the adsorption of benzene, toluene and n -heptane vapours on mercury have been obtained. The films were found to be gaseous and obeyed the Volmer eqution F ( A - b ) = kT , where F = spreading pressure, A =area per molecule and b = co-area. The possibility that the films might be immobile was considered and the Langmuir equation was applied but found unsatisfactory. A standard state for the surface phase was defined and the free energy, total energy and entropy of adsorption evaluated. The heat of adsorption was shown to increase with the amount on the surface. A number of phase changes were found to occur after the completion of monolayer adsorp­tion, the most striking being interpreted as the change over from ‘flat’ to ‘vertical’ adsorp­tion of the toluene molecules. Others were thought to be either two-dimensional condensation or adsorption of a second layer.


An attempt has been made to interpret the entropy of adsorption of benzene, toluene and n -heptane on mercury. These investigations have indicated with fair accuracy the amount of translational and rotational freedom possessed by the substances on the surface of mercury. The most striking result was obtained with benzene, where by denying all rotation except in the plane of the ring and denying the third degree of translational freedom, the calculated entropy of adsorption agreed closely with the experimental value. The surface mobility of toluene was found to be considerably hindered, and the entropy of adsorption of n -heptane confirmed the view that the molecules were partially rolled up. An attempt has been made to derive the theoretical heat of adsorption of benzene from various relations for the attractive and repulsive potentials for the van der Waals forces near a metal surface. The values obtained were of the same magnitude as the experimental value. The calculations gave some evidence of the ranges of intermolecular distance over which the different equations for the attractive potential were accurate.


1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Tien Tsai ◽  
Ching-Yuan Chang ◽  
Chih-Yin Ho

Of the major replacements for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are now accepted as being prime contributors to stratospheric ozone depletion. As a consequence, the development of adsorbents capable of adsorbing and recovering specific HCFCs has received great attention. This paper describes an investigation of the adsorption equilibrium of 1, 1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) vapour on a commercial hydrophobic zeolite. The corresponding Henry, Freundlich and Dubinin–Radushkevich (D–R) equilibrium isotherms have been determined and found to correlate well with the experimental data. Based on the Henry adsorption isotherms obtained at 283, 303 and 313 K. thermodynamic properties such as the enthalpy, free energy and entropy of adsorption have been computed for the adsorption of HCFC-141b vapour on the adsorbent. The results obtained could be useful in the application of HCFC adsorption on the hydrophobic zeolite studied.


1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Youssef ◽  
A.A. El-Khouly ◽  
A.I. Ahmed ◽  
E.I. El-Shafey

The textural properties (surface area and porosity) of activated carbons change upon treatment with oxidizing solutions. The extent of this change is related to the strength of the oxidizing agent. Oxidation also changes the chemistry of the surface by forming carbon–oxygen groups which are the sites upon which the initial adsorption of water vapour takes place. The adsorption of water vapour at 300–320 K is mainly physical and the isosteric heat of adsorption decreases continuously as the surface coverage increases. The entropy of adsorption of water vapour on untreated and oxidized carbons, at different adsorption temperatures, has been calculated.


2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (15) ◽  
pp. 8236-8243 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Budi ◽  
S. L. S. Stipp ◽  
M. P. Andersson

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 1113-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Lopatkin ◽  
A. A. Moreva ◽  
B. V. Kuznetsov

2001 ◽  
Vol 688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn A. Bonnell ◽  
Sergei V. Kalinin

AbstractThe local potential at domains on ferroelectric surfaces results from the interplay between atomic polarization and screening charge. The presence of mobile charge affects surface domain configuration, switching behavior, and surface chemical reactions. By measuring the temperature and time dependence of surface potential and piezo response with scanning probe microscopies, thermodynamic parameters associated with charge screening are determined. This is illustrated for the case of BaTiO3 (100) in air, for which the charge compensation mechanism is surface adsorption and enthalpy and entropy of adsorption are determined. The local electrostatic fields in the vicinity of the domains have a dominant effect on chemical reactivity. Photoreduction of a large variety of metals can be localized to domains with the appropriate surface charge. It has been demonstrated that proximal probe tips can be used to switch polarization direction locally. Combining the ability to ‘write’ domains of local polarization with domain specific reactivity of metals, vapors of small molecules, and organic compounds leads to a new approach to fabricating complex nanostructures.


1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Afzal ◽  
Fazal Mahmood

It has been found that doping of active carbon with metals (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd) decreases its surface area due to dispersion of metal resides on the surface. A detailed examination of nitrogen adsorption indicates differences in the mode of dispersion of metals on the surface of active carbon. The adsorbing behavior of metal doped carbon for methyl formate was also studied as a function of temperature. From adsorption data, thermodynamic parameters such as free energy, enthalpy and entropy of adsorption were calculated using virial isotherm expression and interpreted. Results show that metal dopant/active carbon systems are synergic, exhibiting greater adsorption affinity for methyl formate than the sum of its constituents.


1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. Schreiber ◽  
R. McIntosh

Integral molar heats and entropies of adsorbed methane and propane on rutile have been computed from data of isotherms at 103.2 ° and 110.2°K. for methane and 166.3° and 224.6°K. for propane. Some resemblance has been found between these functions and those for argon, nitrogen, and oxygen adsorbed on rutile, reported by Drain and Morrison. The integral molar entropy of adsorption made possible a test of the model of a localized film without interactions on a heterogeneous substrate. The model was found to be a reasonable representation of the state of adsorbed methane up to about 0.5 of the monolayer and of propane up to about 0.3 of the monolayer. A unique heat of adsorption curve for the adsorption of methane, ethane, propane, and n-butane has been derived and its significance is briefly discussed. The curve has been employed to derive functions for the distribution of energies among the adsorption sites of the substrate.


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