• Title/Summary/Keyword: Molecular adsorption

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Characteristics of Degradation of Humic Acid in GAC Adsorption, Ozone Alone, and Ozone/GAC Hybrid Process (활성탄 흡착, 오존 단독, 그리고 오존/활성탄 혼합공정에서 부식산의 분해 특성)

  • Choi, Eun-Hye;Kim, Kei-Woul;Kim, Seog-Ku;Rhee, Dong-Seok
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.989-994
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    • 2005
  • The treatment efficiency and the degradation characteristics of humic acid were investigated in three processes-GAC adsorption, Ozone alone and Ozone/GAC hybrid process, in which $UV_{254}$, DOC, molecular size distribution and surface change of GAC were evaluated. DOC removal rate in Ozone/GAC hybrid profess(ca. 80%) was higher than the arithmetic sum of Ozone alone(38%) and GAC adsorption(19%). This result approves that the combined Ozone/GAC hybrid process brings synergistic effects on DOC removal from the HA containing water. $UV_{254}$ decrease rate was also at the highest in Ozone/GAC hybrid process from the three processes. It may be interpreted that the granular activated carbon in Ozone/GAC hybrid process acts as not only an adsorbent but also a catalyst for ozonation, and futhermore offers an additional reaction site between adsorbed organic matter and ozone. In the study of molecular sire distribution, there was no significant change of molecular size distribution in the GAC adsorption process during the reaction time of 120 min. In Ozone alone process, the fraction of molecular size over 30 kDa was decreased a little at the beginning and left constant after 10 min. But in Ozone/GAC hybrid process, the molecules size over 30 kDa of HA was significantly decreased from 36.3% to 3.9%. And also the fraction of smaller molecular size below 0.5 kDa was increased from 4.8%(untreated HA) to 12.3%(in Ozone alone) and 40.1%(in Ozone/GAC) respectively at the reaction time of 120 min.

Theoretical Study of Thiazole Adsorption on the (6,0) zigzag Single-Walled Boron Nitride Nanotube

  • Moradi, Ali Varasteh;Peyghan, Ali Ahmadi;Hashemian, Saeede;Baei, Mohammad T.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.10
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    • pp.3285-3292
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    • 2012
  • The interaction of thiazole drug with (6,0) zigzag single-walled boron nitride nanotube of finite length in gas and solvent phases was studied by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In both phases, the binding energy is negative and presenting characterizes an exothermic process. Also, the binding energy in solvent phase is more than that the gas phase. Binding energy corresponding to adsorption of thiazole on the BNNT model in the gas and solvent phases was calculated to be -0.34 and -0.56 eV, and about 0.04 and 0.06 electrons is transferred from the thiazole to the nanotube in the phases. The significantly changes in binding energies and energy gap values by the thiazole adsorption, shows the high sensitivity of the electronic properties of BNNT towards the adsorption of the thiazole molecule. Frontier molecular orbital theory (FMO) and structural analyses show that the low energy level of LUMO, electron density, and length of the surrounding bonds of adsorbing atoms help to the thiazole adsorption on the nanotube. Decrease in global hardness, energy gap and ionization potential is due to the adsorption of the thiazole, and consequently, in the both phases, stability of the thiazole-attached (6,0) BNNT model is decreased and its reactivity increased. Presence of polar solvent increases the electron donor of the thiazole and the electrophilicity of the complex. This study may provide new insight to the development of functionalized boron nitride nanotubes as drug delivery systems for virtual applications.

Studies of Adsorption on the Anionic Surface of $SiO_2$ by Cationic Modified Starches (전분의 양성화 개질을 통한 음이온성 $SiO_2$ 표면에서의 흡착 특성 연구)

  • Han, DongSung;Kim, YuMi;Kim, HanYoung;Chi, GyeongYup;Cho, InShik;Kim, JongDuk
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2013
  • The adsorption characteristics of cationic starches and starch-oligomers were investigated using the quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D). The adsorbed amount of modified starches was higher than that of cationic surfactants such as $C_{12{\sim}16}$ trimethylammonium bromide. Cationic starches did not show the tendency depending on the degree of cationic substitution and molecular weight. On the other hand, the softness of the adsorption layer increased with the molecular weight of cationic starches in a viscoelasticity terms. During the adsorption/desorption steps, the amount of adsorbed cationic surfactants was 4~9 times. On the other hand, the difference in the amount of adsorption of all the $C_1$ grafted cationic starches was just 0~50%. In addition, the rigidity of the adsorption layer of cationic surfactant in the desorption step decreased, while, that of cationic starches increased at the same condition.

Study of Xenon Adsorption on Alkaline-Earth Cation in Y Zeolite Based on Chemical Shift in $^{129}Xe$ NMR Spectrum (Y 제올라이트내에서 $^{129}Xe$ 핵자기 공명의 화학적 이동을 근거로 한 알칼리 토금속 양이온의 Xe 흡착 현상 연구)

  • Chanho Park;Ryong Ryoo
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.351-359
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    • 1992
  • Interaction of xenon with alkaline-earth cations in Y zeolite supercage was studied by xenon adsorption and $^{129}Xe$ NMR experiments. The CaY and the BaY samples were prepared by exchanging $Ca^{2+}$ and $Ba^{2+}$ into a high-purity NaY zeolite. Xenon adsorption isotherms of these samples were obtained by using a conventional volummetric gas adsorption apparatus in the range of 260 to 320 K and the chemical shift in the $^{129}Xe$ NMR spectrum of the adsorbed xenon was measured at 296 K. The chemical shift against pressure was quantitatively explained assuming that the xenon gas exchanged very rapidly between various adsorption sites consisting of zeolite-framework surface and alkaline-earth ion. From this analysis, it was found that the alkaline-earth ion adsorbed xenon more strongly than $Na^+$ ion and zeolite-framework surface. Baring on the difference of the adsorption strength, the number of the alkaline-earth cations present in the zeolite supercage could be estimated by analyzing the adsorption isotherm.

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