Abstract
This study investigated the effect of competitive adsorption of liquid organic compounds on inactive microbial biomass in bisolute solution systems. Phenol-nitrophenol, phenol- chlorophenol, nitrophenol-chlorophenol, and chlorobenzene-ethylbenzene systems were selected for the analysis. The experimental results suggest that although the amount of each solute adsorbed on the biomass can be reduced significantly by the presence of a second solute, the combined adsorptive capacity was greater than that for either of the individual substances from its pure solution. The octanol/water partition coefficient(Kow) indicates the relative extent of adsorption better than the aqueous solubility(S).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 729-744 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 1988 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Pollution
Keywords
- Combined Adsorptive Capacity Organic Compounds Microbial biomass
- Competitive Adsorption