Adsorption from ternary liquid mixtures on silica gel and aluminium oxide

Formation of mixed adsorbed layers was tested for ternary liquid mixtures containing methanol or acetone and the binary solvent benzene+n — heptane. The specific excess adsorption isotherms from the liquid phase were measured on silica gel, silanized silica gel and aluminium oxide. The experimental adsorption data are discussed on the basis of the changes in the mixed solvent composition.     

Adsorption from Ternary Liquid Mixtures on Partially Dehydroxylated Silica Gel

The formation of mixed adsorbed layers has been tested for ternary mixtures containing a specifically adsorbed component—acetone and binary solvent benzene +n-hepane. The specific excess adsorption isotherms from the liquid phase were measured on silica gel samples partially dehydroxylated. The competition of liquid components for silica surface is discussed on the basis of changes in the mixed solvent composition.     

Ethanol, acetic acid, and water adsorption from binary and ternary liquid mixtures on high-silica zeolites

Adsorption isotherms were measured for ethanol, acetic acid, and water adsorbed on high-silica ZSM-5 zeolite powder from binary and ternary liquid mixtures at room temperature. Ethanol and water adsorption on two high-silica ZSM-5 zeolites with different aluminum contents and a high-silica beta zeolite were also compared. The amounts adsorbed were measured using a recently developed technique that accurately measures the changes in adsorbent/liquid mixture density and liquid concentration. This technique allows the adsorption of each compound in a liquid mixture to be measured. Adsorption data for binary mixtures were fit with the dual-site extended Langmuir model, and the parameters were used to predict ternary adsorption isotherms for each compound with reasonable accuracy. In ternary mixtures, acetic acid competed with ethanol and water for adsorption sites and reduced ethanol adsorption more than it reduced water adsorption.     

Molecular simulation study on adsorption of methanol/water mixtures in mesoporous silicas modified pore surface silylation

Two types of molecular simulation techniques have been utilized to investigate adsorption of methanol/water mixtures in a mesoporous silica with a hydrophobic pore surface: the NVT-ensemble Molecular Dynamics method with the melt-quench algorithm for modeling a fully-silylated mesoporous silica and the μVT-ensemble Orientaional-Biased Monte Carlo method for calculating adsorption isotherms. Adsorption isotherms of methanol and water at 333 K are calculated for an equi-relative-pressure mixture (each component has the same relative pressure which is defined as the ratio of the partial pressure to the saturation pressure of the pure gas) together with pure gases. In the case of the pure gas, water hardly adsorb even at elevated pressures, while the adsorption isotherm for methanol shows the condensable adsorption. On the other hand, in the case of the mixture, water molecules are substantially adsorbed along with methanol molecules, showing an isotherm representing the condensation mechanism. In addition, it is found that the separation factor of methanol to water is the highest in the case of monolayer adsorption from a liquid mixture.     

Adsorption and reactions of C(6) hydrocarbons at high pressures on Pt(111) single-crystal surfaces studied by sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy: mechanisms of isomerization and dehydrocyclization of n-hexane

The adsorption geometries and surface reactions of various C(6) hydrocarbons (n-hexane, 2-methylpentane, 3-methylpentane, and 1-hexene) adsorbed on Pt(111) were investigated using sum frequency generation (SFG) surface vibrational spectroscopy. The adsorptions and reactions were carried out in 1.5 Torr of C(6) hydrocarbons in the absence and presence of excess hydrogen (15 Torr) and in the temperature range 296-453 K. At 296 K and in the presence of excess hydrogen, n-hexane and 3-methylpentane adsorbed molecularly on Pt(111) mostly in "flat-lying" geometries. Upon heating the sample up to 453 K, the molecules underwent dehydrogenation to form new surface species in "standing-up" geometries, such as hexylidyne and metallacyclic species. However, 2-methylpentane and 1-hexene were dehydrogenated to metallacyclobutane and hexylidyne, respectively, at 296 K in the presence of excess hydrogen. The dehydrogenated species remained unreacted on the surface upon heating the sample up to 453 K. The absence of excess hydrogen enhanced dehydrogenation of n-hexane and 3-methylpentane to form pi-allyl c-C(6)H(9) and metallacyclohexane, respectively, at 296 K. Upon heating to 453 K, the pi-allyl c-C(6)H(9) species underwent irreversible dehydrogenation, while hexylidyne and metallacyclic species remained unreacted. On the basis of these results, the mechanisms for catalytic isomerization and dehydrocyclization of n-hexane, which are the important "reforming" reactions to produce high-octane fuels over platinum, were discussed.     

Adsorption of hydrocarbons on mesoporous SBA-15 and PHTS materials

Plugged hexagonal templated silica (PHTS) materials are synthesized using a high TEOS/EO(20)PO(70)EO(20) ratio in the SBA-15 synthesis. This generates internal microporous nanocapsules or plugs in part of the channels, which could be inferred from the two-step desorption branch. These materials exhibit a tunable amount of open and plugged pores and a very high micropore volume (up to 0.24 mL/g) and are more stable than the conventional micellar templated structures known so far. In this study the adsorption properties of PHTS are investigated and compared to those of its plug-free analogue SBA-15. For this purpose nitrogen, n-hexane, n-heptane, c-hexane, 3-methylpentane, 1-hexene, and water were adsorbed on SBA-15 and PHTSs with a different ratio of open and plugged mesopores. The adsorption of n-hexane, c-hexane, n-heptane, and 3-methylpentane on SBA-15 and PHTS-A demonstrated that the presence of the plugs had an effect on the uptake of adsorbate in the low relative pressure region, the position of the capillary condensation step, and the total adsorbed amount of adsorbate. The results showed that n-heptane and 3-methylpentane cannot access part of the micropore system of SBA-15 and PHTS-A. Adsorption of c-hexane and n-hexane on PHTS-A indicated that not only the kinetic diameter but also the shape of the molecule is an important factor for being able to be adsorbed into the micropores or past the plugs. Moreover, these two adsorbates were the most efficient in filling up the available pore volume. From the adsorption of n-hexane on PHTSs with a different ratio of open and plugged pores, it was concluded that the size of the plugs differed, which depends on the synthesis conditions. Water adsorption isotherms proved SBA-15 and PHTS-B to be more hydrophobic than PHTS-A. n-Hexane, 1-hexene, and toluene were adsorbed on SBA-15 and the PHTSs to investigate the influence of the polarity of the adsorbate. The isotherms showed higher uptakes for polar adsorbates on more hydrophobic materials and vice versa.     

Adsorption of Water and Methanol on a NaZSM-5 Zeolite. A temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) study

Using temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), we have investigated the desorption behavior after subsequent co-adsorption of methanol and water and after adsorption of their mixtures on a NaZSM-5 zeolite. The course of desorption indicates that a strong mutual displacement of both components occurs. However, on the strongest adsorption sites methanol is preferentially adsorbed, and already the addition of small amounts of methanol leads to a displacement of water. Our results support the idea of a subdivision of the pore space for adsorption of water/methanol mixtures. Above all, the experiments show that in the part of the pore space where both components are adsorbed, different sites are of importance which vary significantly in their interaction strength. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

SAPO-34上甲醇及二甲醚吸附等温线及吸附热测量与分析(英文)

在25,60和100°C下分别测定了甲醇及二甲醚在SAPO-34分子筛上的吸附等温线,同时用微量热法测定了微分吸附热与覆盖率的关系曲线(量热线),提出了吸附数据需要利用双吸附位Langmuir方程拟合,并获取了相应的吸附参数.对比测得的吸附等温线与量热线发现,在一定压力下,当甲醇及二甲醚在SAPO-34上达到一定吸附量后,随着吸附质分压增加,量热线快速下降,而吸附等温线显示出吸附量仍然继续增加.由此推断,在SAPO-34分子筛上存在两种吸附位——常规吸附位及弱吸附位,其中弱吸附位在高分压下继续吸附.如缺乏量热数据提供的常规吸附位饱和吸附量数据,对吸附等温线进行单吸附位拟合获取吸附参数极易导致错误结果,尤其是当吸附质分压较高时.建议采用双吸附位Langmuir方程,参照量热线提供的常规吸附位的饱和吸附量,通过拟合可以获得两种吸附位的吸附参数.     

Computer simulation of the adsorption of thiophene in all-silica Y and Na-Y

A grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo simulation is performed to investigate the adsorption, heat of adsorption, and distributions of thiophene in all-silica Y and Na-Y zeolites. Biased particle insertions and deletions were implemented to allow the computation of equilibrium adsorption isotherms of such molecules. The calculated number of absorbed thiophene molecules in these zeolites is in good agreement with the experimental data. The calculated results show that the number absorbed of thiophene molecules in Na-Y is much greater than that in all-silica Y over the range of pressure. The calculated heat of adsorption is in good agreement with experimental results. The Na-Y zeolite, rather than all-silica Y, preferentially adsorbs the thiophene. A distribution analysis of the adsorbed phase structure reveals a different adsorption site in the zeolites.     

Adsorption of polymers at the solution-solid interface. VIII. Competitive effects in the adsorption of polystyrenes on silica

The adsorption behavior on silica of some polystrenes of moderate molecular weight distribution, both singly and in mixtures, has been examined. The adsorption isotherms indicate that, in both a good solvent (trichloroethylene) and under theta conditions, the species of higher molecular weight is preferentially adsorbed at or near full surface coverage, but that the smaller adsorbate has an improved opportunity for adsorption at low surface coverage. The use of tritiated adsorbates substantiate the isotherm data in cyclohexane solution.     

Monte Carlo simulation of mixed lennard-jones nonionic surfactant adsorption at the liquid/vapor interface

New Monte Carlo simulations are presented for nonionic surfactant adsorption at the liquid/vapor interface of a monatomic solvent specifically investigating the roles of tail attraction and binary mixtures of different tail lengths. Surfactant molecules consist of an amphiphilic chain with a solvophilic head and a solvophobic tail. All molecules in the system, solvent and surfactant, are characterized by the Lennard-Jones (LJ) potential. Adjacent atoms along the surfactant chain are connected by finitely extensible harmonic springs. Solvent molecules move via the Metropolis random-walk algorithm, whereas surfactant molecules move according to the continuum configurational bias Monte Carlo (CBMC) method. We generate thermodynamic adsorption and surface-tension isotherms and compare results quantitatively to single-surfactant adsorption (Langmuir, 2007, 23, 1835). Surfactant tail groups with attractive interaction lead to cooperative adsorption at high surface coverage and higher maximum adsorption at the interface than those without. Moreover, adsorption and surface-tension isotherms with and without tail attraction are identical at low concentrations, deviating only near maximum coverage. Simulated binary mixtures of surfactants with differing lengths give intermediate behavior between that of the corresponding single-surfactant adsorption and surface-tension isotherms both with and without tail attraction. We successfully predict simulated mixture results with the thermodynamically consistent ideal adsorbed solution (IAS) theory for binary mixtures of unequal-sized surfactants using only the simulations from the single surfactants. Ultimately, we establish that a coarse-grained LJ surfactant system is useful for understanding actual surfactant systems when tail attraction is important and for unequal-sized mixtures of amphiphiles.     

Adsorption of benzene from benzene/n-C6 and n-C7 mixture by nano Beta zeolite with different Si/Al ratios

The adsorption of benzene from benzene/n-alkane mixtures was studied by two types of nano Beta zeolite with Si/Al ratios of 11.5 and 24.5. Benzene was adsorbed into benzene/n-hexane and n-heptane mixtures which had 0.5% up to 10% mole fraction of benzene using batch technique in the ambient temperature. The nano Beta zeolite has active sites on its surface, which have interaction with π electron in benzene, and this can increase the heat of adsorption. The Si/Al ratio defines the number of active sites in the zeolite surface and the heat of adsorption. However, an increase in the active sites of Beta zeolite declines the entropy of adsorption. Therefore, free energy of mixing specifies the potential of adsorption in Beta zeolite.As the results indicated in all mixtures, benzene is adsorbed more than n-hexane and n-heptane into the Beta zeolite surface, which suggests that this type of zeolite has a high separation factor (∼50) for benzene in Beta zeolite (Si/Al = 24.5). Also, Beta zeolite with Si/Al = 24.5 had a greater separation factor than Beta zeolite with Si/Al = 11.5 in similar mixtures.     

Correlation between excess adsorption data measured for solvent mixture/adsorbent systems and RM values obtained for different solutes chromatographed in binary mobile phases

This paper concerns the application of excess adsorption isotherms, measured for solvent mixture/adsorbent systems, to the characterization of TLC data. For this purpose the excess adsorption isotherms for three liquid mixtures: cyclohexane/ benzene, benzene/acetone, and carbon tetrachloride/ethyl acetate on silica gel at 20°C have been measured. These mixtures have been used as binary mobile phases in TLC measurements. It has been shown for a given solute in binary mobile phase that the quantity R_M is a simple function of the excess adsorption. Parameters of this function have been used to characterize chromatographic systems with binary mobile phases.     

混合气体中SAPO-34上单个物种的表面浓度简

运用Langmuir等温线方程和理想吸附溶液理论（IAST）两种方法计算了SAPO-34在混合气体中的单个物种表面浓度,并对比了计算值与实验值的吻合程度. 考察了两个二元混合体系,分别为80 ℃的甲醇和二甲醚以及25 ℃的二甲醚和乙烯混合气,发现IAST计算值在实验压力范围内均与实验结果吻合;但是Langmuir理论计算值仅在酸性位覆盖率低于1/3时与实验值吻合较好,随着压力增加严重偏离实验值,而且Langmuir理论不能描述随压力增加低饱和吸附量物种覆盖率降低的现象. 因此,针对包含不同饱和吸附量组分的混合气,Langmuir理论仅适用于描述表面浓度低时的反应动力学,当表面浓度高时应该采用IAST方法.     

噻吩分子及其与异辛烷二元混合物在MCM-22分子筛中吸附的蒙特卡罗模拟

应用巨正则蒙特卡罗模拟方法研究了噻吩分子以及噻吩与异辛烷混合物在MCM-22分子筛中的吸附和分布. 通过模拟获得了噻吩分子在MCM-22分子筛中不同温度(298、363 和393 K)下的吸附等温线和等量吸附热, 以及298 K时噻吩和异辛烷分子二元混合物在MCM-22分子筛中的吸附及分布情况. 结果表明, 吸附温度和吸附压力对噻吩分子在MCM-22分子筛吸附都有影响, 但等量吸附热受温度和吸附量影响较小. 对于二元混合物的吸附, 噻吩和异辛烷在分子筛中存在竞争吸附过程, 噻吩能够大量吸附在MCM-22分子的十元环和超笼中, 而异辛烷主要吸附在MCM-22分子筛的超笼系统, 从而可以将噻吩分子与异辛烷分子分离开来.     

Adsorption of water and ethanol in MFI-type zeolites

Water and ethanol vapor adsorption phenomena are investigated systematically on a series of MFI-type zeolites: silicalite-1 samples synthesized via both alkaline (OH(-)) and fluoride (F(-)) routes, and ZSM-5 samples with different Si/Al ratios as well as different charge-balancing cations. Full isotherms (0.05-0.95 activity) over the range 25-55 °C are presented, and the lowest total water uptake ever reported in the literature is shown for silicalite-1 made via a fluoride-mediated route wherein internal silanol defects are significantly reduced. At a water activity level of 0.95 (35 °C), the total water uptake by silicalite-1 (F(-)) was found to be 0.263 mmol/g, which was only 12.6%, 9.8%, and 3.3% of the capacity for silicalite-1 (OH(-)), H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al:140), and H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al:15), respectively, under the same conditions. While water adsorption shows distinct isotherms for different MFI-type zeolites due to the difference in the concentration, distribution, and types of hydrophilic sites, the ethanol adsorption isotherms present relatively comparable results because of the overall organophilic nature of the zeolite framework. Due to the dramatic differences in the sorption behavior with the different sorbate-sorbent pairs, different models are applied to correlate and analyze the sorption isotherms. An adsorption potential theory was used to fit the water adsorption isotherms on all MFI-type zeolite adsorbents studied. The Langmuir model and Sircar's model are applied to describe ethanol adsorption on silicalite-1 and ZSM-5 samples, respectively. An ideal ethanol/water adsorption selectivity (α) was estimated for the fluoride-mediated silicalite-1. At 35 °C, α was estimated to be 36 for a 5 mol % ethanol solution in water increasing to 53 at an ethanol concentration of 1 mol %. The adsorption data demonstrate that silicalite-1 made via the fluoride-mediated route is a promising candidate for ethanol extraction from dilute ethanol-water solutions.     

分子模拟噻吩、苯、正己烷混合物在MFI和MOR中的吸附行为

采用GCMC方法模拟了噻吩-苯二元组分和噻吩-苯-正己烷三元组分在MFI和MOR沸石中的吸附分离性能. 结果表明, 对于噻吩-苯二元体系, 在MFI孔道中, 噻吩分子比苯分子都优先定位于孔道的交叉部分, 当总压升高时, 苯的吸附量增加, 噻吩的吸附量保持不变, 苯分子被噻吩分子“挤”到直型孔道之中, 该二元体系符合Clark等提出的竞争吸附模型. 而对于在MOR中的吸附, 噻吩和苯分子没有表现出明显不同的优先吸附位, 符合Clark等提出的体积填充模型. 对于噻吩-苯-正己烷三元体系, 在MFI沸石中, 正己烷的吸附量最大, 噻吩和苯的吸附量很小. 而对于MOR沸石, 噻吩的吸附量最大, 苯和正己烷的吸附量小, 对于这三种较大尺寸的分子, 只能位于MOR主孔道中, 当存在着少量的正己烷分子时, 就影响到了苯的吸附, 而正己烷对噻吩在MOR孔道中填充的影响要比苯小, 噻吩的吸附量影响不大.     

FER型沸石的合成、结构与吸附性质

在TMEDA(四甲基乙基二胺)-Na2O-SiO2-Al2O3-H2O体系(I),Na2O-K2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O-HCO3^--CO3^2^-体系(II)及Py(吡啶)-PrNH2(正丙胺)-HF-SiO2-H2O体系(III)中, 分别合成了纯相FER沸石及FER硅沸石。用粉末XRD, FT-IR, 29Si MAS NMR及TG/DTA等表征其结构性质, 并用超微量电子真空吸附天平测定这些沸石样品对正己烷, 甲醇和水的吸附等温线。结果表明: 各体系合成的样品虽然结晶度高, 呈现出FER沸石的典型结构特征, 但由于它们的组成和晶格微结构不同, 热稳定性与吸附性质有明显的差异。在(I)体系中合成的FER沸石层错缺陷少, 晶格完美, 正己烷与甲醇的吸附量可达到理论值, 结构破坏温度为1190℃。红外精细谱及29Si MAS NMR高分辨谱证明FER硅沸石具有十分完美的骨架结构。由于晶胞收缩, 它对正己烷与甲醇吸附量略低于理论值, 并呈现出高度的疏水性。它的结构破坏温度高于1300℃。在(II)体系中合成的FER型沸石结构缺陷多, 沸石孔中的钾离子不易被质子完全交换。它的正己烷与甲醇吸附量均较低, 而水的吸附量相对较高。吸附现象表明, 正己烷和甲醇都被吸附于FER沸石的十元环主孔道中, 分压较高时, 甲醇可通过八元环进入小笼, 而水的吸附性质则主要与各样品的Si-OH缺陷及骨架中的阳离子含量有关。     

Molecular screening of alcohol and polyol adsorption onto MFI-type zeolites

Configurational-bias grand canonical Monte Carlo (CB-GCMC) simulations and expanded ensemble (EE)-CB-GCMC simulations were performed to obtain adsorption isotherms of alcohols and polyols onto MFI-type zeolites from the gas phase and aqueous solution. In adsorption from both phases, Henry's constants and heats of adsorption at infinite dilution for straight-chain alcohols, diols, and triols in silicalite-1 are found to increase, and the saturation loadings decrease with increasing carbon number. Adsorption of straight-chain alcohols is more favorable than that of branched-chain alcohols. Henry's constants increase with increasing number of hydroxyl groups for gas-phase adsorption but decrease for adsorption from aqueous solution due to the strong hydrophilic solvent effect of water. The location of the hydroxyls does not affect significantly the adsorption from aqueous solution but does so in gas-phase adsorption. The saturation pressures for gas-phase adsorption decrease by orders of magnitude from the alcohols to the triols. Nonframework cations increase the adsorption of the small alcohols by an order magnitude at low concentrations (<1 mg/mL), but result in only a factor of 2 increase for larger alcohols like butanol at low concentrations (<0.03 mg/mL), and then decrease the adsorption at higher concentrations. Overall, the simulated results are in reasonable agreement with available experimental data.     

Adsorption and reaction of methanol on stoichiometric and defective SrTiO3(100) surfaces

The adsorption and reaction of methanol (CH(3)OH) on stoichiometric (TiO(2)-terminated) and reduced SrTiO(3)(100) surfaces have been investigated using temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and first-principles density-functional calculations. Methanol adsorbs mostly nondissociatively on the stoichiometric SrTiO(3)(100) surface that contains predominately Ti(4+) cations. Desorption of a monolayer methanol from the stoichiometric surface is observed at approximately 250 K, whereas desorption of a multilayer methanol is found to occur at approximately 140 K. Theoretical calculations predict weak adsorption of methanol on TiO(2)-terminated SrTiO(3)(100) surfaces, in agreement with the experimental results. However, the reduced SrTiO(3)(100) surface containing Ti(3+) cations exhibits higher reactivity toward adsorbed methanol, and H(2), CH(4), and CO are the major decomposition products. The surface defects on the reduced SrTiO(3)(100) surface are partially reoxidized upon saturation exposure of CH(3)OH onto this surface at 300 K.