Sorption definition

Polymer-derived monomeric and oligomeric species are readily extractable from Biomer LVAD bladders. Lipid sorption definitely occurs in vitro on/in various elastomers presently being used or considered for LVAD or AHD applications. Apparently, lipid sorption does occur in vivo, and may be involved in surface calcification observed on both smooth and textured... 

For gas and vapor systems, by combining the laws of sorption and diffusion in the sequence (l)-(3), general permeation equations are obtained. For sheet membrane samples of polymers above Tg, if the definition is made that permeation coefficient Q = Ds,... 

Chromatography is essentially a physical method of separation in trtiich the components to be separated are distributed between two phases one of which is stationary (stationeury phase) while the other (the mobile phase) percolates through it in a definite direction. The chroaatographic process occurs as a result of repeated sorption/desorption acts during the movement of the sample components along the stationary bed, and the separation is due to differences in the distribution constants of the Individual sample components. 

Fig. 4.18 shows the result of Cd2+ adsorption on illite in presence of Ca2+ (Comans, 1987). The data are fitted by Freundlich isotherms after an equilibration time of 54 days. It was shown in the experiments leading to these isotherms that adsorption approaches equilibrium faster than desorption. Comans has also used 109Cd to assess the isotope exchange he showed that at equilibrium (7-8 weeks equilibration time) the isotopic exchangeabilities are approximately 100 % i.e., all adsorbed Cd2+ is apparently in kinetic equilibrium with the solution. The available data do not allow a definite conclusion on the specific sorption mechanism. 

The clay fraction, which has long been considered as a very important and chemically active component of most solid surfaces (i.e., soil, sediment, and suspended matter) has both textural and mineral definitions [22]. In its textural definition, clay generally is the mineral fraction of the solids which is smaller than about 0.002 mm in diameter. The small size of clay particles imparts a large surface area for a given mass of material. This large surface area of the clay textural fraction in the solids defines its importance in processes involving interfacial phenomena such as sorption/desorption or surface catalysis [ 17,23]. In its mineral definition, clay is composed of secondary minerals such as layered silicates with various oxides. Layer silicates are perhaps the most important component of the clay mineral fraction. Figure 2 shows structural examples of the common clay solid phase minerals. 

The main goal of this chapter is to review the most widely used modeling techniques to analyze sorption/desorption data generated for environmental systems. Since the definition of sorption/desorption (i.e., a mass-transfer mechanism) process requires the determination of the rate at which equilibrium is approached, some important aspects of chemical kinetics and modeling of sorption/desorption mechanisms for solid phase systems are discussed. In addition, the background theory and experimental techniques for the different sorption/ desorption processes are considered. Estimations of transport parameters for organic pollutants from laboratory studies are also presented and evaluated. 

The main reasons for investigating the rates of solid phase sorption/desorption processes are to (1) determine how rapidly reactions attain equilibrium, and (2) infer information on sorption/desorption reaction mechanisms. One of the important aspects of chemical kinetics is the establishment of a rate law. By definition, a rate law is a differential equation [108] as shown in Eq. (32) ... 

This condition has been recently used in a vaporization-exchange model for water sorption and flux in phase-separated ionomer membranes. The model allows determining interfacial water exchange rates and water permeabilities from measurements involving membranes in contact with flowing gases. It affords a definition of an effective resistance to water flux through the membrane that is proportional to... 

Fig. 1.18A shows the pore size distribution for nonporous methacrylate based polymer beads with a mean particle size of about 250 pm [100]. The black hne indicates the vast range of mercury intrusion, starting at 40 pm because interparticle spaces are filled, and down to 0.003 pm at highest pressure. Apparent porosity is revealed below a pore size of 0.1 pm, although the dashed hne derived from nitrogen adsorption shows no porosity at aU. The presence or absence of meso- and micropores is definitely being indicated in the nitrogen sorption experiment. 

Bio)chemical sensors can be active or passive according to whether they use a sensing microzone to accommodate a chemical or biochemical reaction and/or a biochemical e.g. immunological) or physico-chemical separation e.g. sorption). It should be noted that passive sensors e.g. a fibre-optic tip immersed in an industrial process stream) do not meet one of the essential requirements included in the definition of sensors as regeirds composition... 

Description of polymerization kinetics in heterogeneous systems is complicated, even more so given that the structure of complex formed is not very well defined. In template polymerization we can expect that local concentration of the monomer (and/or initiator) can be different when compared with polymerization in the blank system. Specific sorption of the monomer by macromolecular coil leads to the increase in the concentration of the monomer inside the coil, changing the rate of polymerization. It is a problem of definition as to whether we can call such a polymerization a template reaction, if monomer is randomly distributed in the coil on the molecular level but not ordered by the template. 

The chemical behavior of waste in the unsaturated zone is a large unknown. For example, definition of the number of sorption sites available to a solute is difficult or impossible because unknown and variable amounts are occupied by interstitial gas rather than water. Are the kinetics of reaction affected by less-than-complete saturation These are not trivial questions, as most of the low-level disposal sites are constructed in the unsaturated zone. Winograd (9) suggested that certain areas underlain by thick unsaturated zones might make feasible repositories for high-level wastes. 

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