ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Saturated alkanes adsorption on synthetic well-crystallized hydroxyapatite was studied by the inverse gas chromatography method, at zero coverage. Hydroxyapatite was prepared from Ca(OH)2 and H3PO4 aqueous solutions by a slow titration technique. The powder was characterized by XR diffraction, surface area measurement, and chemical analysis. Adsorption of saturated alkanes was investigated in the temperature range 338–353 K, using a flame ionization detector, and nitrogen as a carrier gas. The gas/solid partition coefficients were calculated from the retention data as well as the standard thermodynamic functions of adsorption, ΔH0 d, ΔS0 a and ΔG0 a. Linear relationships between lnK and 1/T and between ΔG0 a and the number of carbon atoms in saturated alkanes were observed. The dispersive component of the surface free energy was calculated for the investigated temperature region. A possible analytical application of hydroxyapatite to n-alkanes separation is given.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004795019433
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