Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.229, No.2, 407-417, 2000
Prediction of ternary liquid adsorption on solids from binary data
The adsorption behavior of the ternary n-hexane/n-octane/n-tetradecane mixture and the binary n-hexane/n-octane, n-octane/n-tetradecane, n-hexane/n-tetradecane mixtures on the well-characterized TA 95 activated carbon has been studied. Measured binary data at 25 degrees C are used to predict the ternary data which are compared with measured ones. With the measured binary data at 15 degrees C, a prediction of ternary data is proposed without ternary experimental support. To predict ternary data from the binary ones, a thermodynamical model combining the methods of Myers and Price and Danner is used.
Keywords:thermodynamical prediction;liquid phase adsorption;binary and ternary mixtures;excess isotherms;activated carbon