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Selective Adsorption of Phenanthrene Dissolved in Surfactant Solution Using Activated Carbon

Selective Adsorption of Phenanthrene Dissolved in Surfactant Solution Using Activated Carbon

Chi K Ahn, Young M Kim, Seung H Woo, Jong M Park

Chemosphere. 2007 Nov;69(11):1681-8.

PMID: 17658582

Abstract:

Selective adsorption of a hazardous hydrophobic organic compound (HOC) by activated carbon as a means of recovering surfactants after a soil washing process was investigated. As a model system, phenanthrene was selected as a representative HOC and Triton X-100 as a nonionic surfactant. Three activated carbons that differed in size (Darco 20-40 (D20), 12-20 (D12) and 4-12 (D4) mesh sizes) were used in adsorption experiments. Adsorption of surfactant onto activated carbon showed a constant maximum above the critical micelle concentration, which were 0.30, 0.23, 0.15 g g(-1) for D20, D12, and D4, respectively. Selectivity for phenanthrene to Triton X-100 was much higher than 1 over a wide range of activated carbon doses (0-6 g l(-1)) and initial phenanthrene concentrations (10-110 mg l(-1)). Selectivity generally increased with decreasing particle size, increasing activated carbon dose, and decreasing initial concentration of phenanthrene. The highest selectivity was 74.9, 57.3, and 38.3 for D20, D12, and D4, respectively, at the initial conditions of 10 mg l(-1) phenanthrene, 5 g l(-1) Triton X-100 and 1g l(-1) activated carbon. In the case of D20 at the same conditions, 86.5% of the initial phenanthrene was removed by sorption and 93.6% of the initial Triton X-100 remained in the solution following the selective adsorption process. The results suggest that the selective adsorption by activated carbon is a good alternative for surfactant recovery in a soil washing process.

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