Alumina adsorption theory

Application of Snyder s theory of linear chromatographic adsorption (171) gives the variation in adsorption energy of the thiazole nitrogen atom as a function of this steric hindrance for silica and alumina (see Table III-22). These results show that alumina is more sensitive toward steric effects while silica shows a higher selectivity in the case of polar effects. 

Data taken from the adsorption leg of the isotherm of Figure 17.11 are listed in the first two columns of the following table. Test the applicability of the following equilibrium theories (a) Langmuir (b) infinite BET and (c) Harkins and Jura. From (a) and (b) obtain estimates of the surface area of the adsorbent and compare the values with that obtained by the point B method. One molecule of nitrogen adsorbed on alumina occupies 0.162 nm2. 

The further development of the theory of nonuniform surfaces in the U.S.S.R. was helped by the mathematical methods of Zel dovich and Roginskil (200,201,331). A. V. Frost analyzed some work on the subject (mostly Russian) in a recent review (10) and concluded that an equation derived by him on the assumption that the reactants are adsorbed on a uniform surface and that no significant interactions take place between the adsorbed molecules, satisfactorily described many reactions on non-uniform surfaces including cracking of individual hydrocarbons and petroleum fractions, hydrogen disproportionation, and dehydration of alcohols. From the experimental results it was concluded that the catalytic centers on the surface were not identical with the adsorption centers. The catalysts used consisted of different samples of silica-alumina and pure alumina. 

Experimental results of water vapor adsorption. Helium relative permeability, Pr, and water vapor permeability, Pe, for the two alumina pellets are presented in figures 6a and 6b, for water relative pressures up to unity. As the amount of water adsorbed starts to rapidly increase with P/Po, due to capillary condensation, a significant increase of its permeability may also be observed due to the resulting capillary enhancement of flow. At a certain value of P/Po where Vs is close to unity, all pores of the membrane are in the capillary condensation regime and thus follow the capillary enhanced type of flux. At this point water vapor permeability reaches its maximum value while, helium relative permeability decreases rapidly and falls to zero well below the point of saturation. This may be attributed, according to percolation theory, to the fact that in a simple cubic lattice, if -75% of the pores are blocked by capillary condensate, the system has reached its percolation threshold and helium... 

Nagashima, K. and Blum, ED., Proton adsorption onto alumina Extension of multisite complexation (MUSIC) theory, J. Colloid Interf. Sci., 217, 28, 1999. 

So-called specific adsorbents (Section 7-5) are prepared in such a manner as to exhibit selective adsorption of certain compounds or groups of compounds. One theory of the mechanism of specific adsorption holds that during the synthesis of the adsorbent special site groups are formed which are matched to the configuration of adsorbate atoms. Another example of the matching of adsorbate and surface sites appears to occur in the adsorption of certain compounds on alumina see weak localization, Section... 

Mixture of Anionic Surfactants onto Alumina. Most EOR surfactants are mixtures of isomers, but these mixtures are too complex for application of basic theory. In contrast, the effectiveness of ideal solution theory in explaining region II adsorption for binary mixtures of anionic surfactants has been demonstrated [5Jj. These controlled isomeric mixtures allow application of the ideal solution theory. The application of this theory utilized a reduced adsorption equation for mixtures of anionic surfactants [52]. The parameters for this reduced... 

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