Linear isotherms

For rhe non isothermal linear air jet, the trajectory equation is derived bv Shepelev" is... 

We now introduce two new parameters that describe the changes in interionic distances and volume with pressure isothermal linear compression coefficient ft, and isothermal volumetric compression coefficient jiy ... 

Bouchard, D. C. (2002). Cosolvent effects on sorption isotherm linearity. J. Contam. Hydrol. 56(3 1), 159-174. 

White et al. (38,39) presented experimental and theoretical (isothermal linear stability analysis) results that indicate the following first, that polymer melts respond similarly to uniform elongational flow and to melt spinning second, that polymers whose elongational viscosity e) increases with time or strain result in a stable spinline, do not exhibit draw resonance, and undergo cohesive failure at high draw ratios. A prime example of such behavior is LDPE. On the other hand, polymer melts with a decreasing r + (t, e)... 

Equation (12) is referred to as a linear isotherm. Linearity assumes that sorption sites on the solid surfaces are unlimited therefore, the model may be applicable only for lower concentrations. An alternative formulation is... 

The importance of linear chromatography comes from the fact that almost all analytical applications of chromatography are carried out xmder such experimental conditions that the sample size is small, the mobile phase concentrations low, and thus, the equilibrixim isotherm linear. The development in the late 1960s and early 1970s of highly sensitive, on-line detectors, with detection limits in the low ppb range or lower, permits the use of very small samples in most analyses. In such cases the concentrations of the sample components are very low, the equilibrium isotherms are practically linear, the band profiles are symmetrical (phenomena other than nonlinear equilibrium behavior may take place see Section 6.6), and the bands of the different sample components are independent of each other. Qualitative and quantitative analyses are based on this linear model. We must note, however, that the assumption of a linear isotherm is nearly always approximate. It may often be a reasonable approximation, but the cases in which the isotherm is truly linear remain exceptional. Most often, when the sample size is small, the effects of a nonlinear isotherm (e.g., the dependence of the retention time on the sample size, the peak asymmetry) are only smaller than what the precision of the experiments permits us to detect, or simply smaller than what we are ready to tolerate in order to benefit from entertaining a simple model. 

Figure 15.7 Comparison between experimental and calculated band profiles of 2-phenylethanol in gradient elution. Experimental conditions mobile phase flow rate 1 mL/min. initial mobile phase composition 10% ACN in water column temperature 40°C column dead volume Vq = 2.71 mL. Concentration of the sample solution Cq = 132.5 mmol/L. Gradient, 2% ACN/min. Experimental band profiles (square symbols) and profiles calculated using a composite isotherm (linear plus Langmuir terms), taking into account (solid line) or not (dotted line) the adsorption of ACN on the stationary phase, (a) Injection volume, Vj = 4 mL sample size, 0.53 mmol, loading ratio, 29 molecule per 100 bonded groups, (b) Injection volume, Vj = 6 mL sample size, 0.80 mmol, loading ratio, 43 molecule per 100 bonded groups. Reproduced with permission from M.Z. El Fallah and G. Guiochon, Anal. Chem., 63 (1991) 2244 (Fig. 8). ( 1991, American Chemical Society.

Diffusion with a convection and simultaneous first order reaction in a rectangular plate can be simulated using the program described above by using minor modifications. Consider the composition profile in a packed tube reactor undergoing isothermal linear kinetics with axial diffusion. The governing equation is... 

Among this category of problems with external resistances only the simplest case of isothermal linear kinetics will be considered first. Consider a spherical particle as shown in Figure 5.1. with external... 

We begin in Chapter 2 with a discussion of the chromatographic process, developing the separate concepts of (1) equilibrium distribution of sample between adsorbent and solvent (or gas) and (2) bed efficiency or theoretical plate number. These two factors are then related in a general way to the problem of separation, and the various techniques of adsorption chromatography are introduced in terms of the different separation problems they are intended to solve. Chapter 3 provides a general discussion of adsorption, emphasizing those fundamental concepts which will be necessary in the discussions of later chapters. The effect of sample size on separation is treated in Chapter 4, particularly the factors which affect isotherm linearity. Chapter 5 provides a complete treatment of bed efficiency in liquid-solid systems. The distribution of sample... 

Fig. 4-2. Representation of the range of isotherm linearity for a given separation system.

We have already seen that the Langmuir isotherm becomes linear at small sample concentrations (Section 3-2B). It may be shown similarly that any real adsorption system (i.e., where the energies of adsorption on the strongest sites are finite) becomes linear at suitably low sample concentrations. The sample concentration range (grams of sample per grams of adsorbent) over which isotherm linearity exists can be determined experimentally and summarized conveniently as a plot of sample retention volumes R (milliliters per gram) or Ry values versus sample size, e.g.. Fig. 

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