The adsorption of aniline, N-methylaniline and N,N-dimethylaniline onto carboxyl resin in Cu2+ form from water, ethanol and n-hexane have been studied. The results show that the adsorption affinities from n-hexane are higher than that from water, and nearly zero from ethanol. The separation factors for the adsorption of these three amines from mixed solution were also examined. The results of continuous column operations show that the breakthrough capacity of aniline from n-hexane reaches 90 mg/g dry resin in Cu2+ form, and the amines adsorbed can be stripped with anhydrous ethanol effectively. Adsorption onto carboxyl resin in Cu2+ form from non-aqueous medium and desorption with anhydrous eluant can overcome the run-off of Cu2+ from the resin, and would show potential advantages in the separation of some water-insoluble natural products.
This paper presents experimental observations on the adsorption of individual solutes by a simple thermodynamic framework, and the equilibrium adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on phenolic resin adsorbent in hexane solutions within the temperature range of 293-313 K. The experimental results show that the Freundlich adsorption law is applicable to the adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on the adsorbent, since all the correlative factors R' are larger than 0.99. The negative values of all the isosteric adsorption enthalpies for ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate indicate that they undergo exothermic processes, while their magnitudes (19-28 kJ/mol) manifest a hydrogen bonding sorption process. Other thermodynamic properties: the free energy changes and the entropy change associated with the adsorption have been calculated from the Gibbs adsorption equation and the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation
Three polymeric adsorbents with hydrogen bonding acceptors, methylamine, N-methyl-acetamide and aminotri(hydroxymethyl)methane modified resins are synthesized from chloromethylated X-5 resin. Adsorption isotherms of phenol and theophylline onto the three modified resins and the original X-5 resin from aqueous solution are measured. The results show that adsorption of compounds with hydrogen bonding donor onto methylamine and N-methylacetamide modified resins is enhanced as compared with that onto X-5 resin, and adsorption mechanism between the adsorbents and the adsorbates is mainly based on hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interaction. While adsorption of compounds with hydrogen bonding donor onto aminotri(hydroxymethyl)methane modified resin is lowered as compared with that onto X-5 resin, and adsorption mechanism between the adsorbent and the adsorbates is mainly based on hydrophobic interaction.
