The nature of surface chemical heterogeneities of graphitized carbon black

Experimental evidence is presented for the existence of quinone, aromatic ether, carboxylic acid and phenol groups on the surface of a graphitized carbon black (GCB), that is P-33 (2700°C). This evidence has been achieved by using polarographic analysis of a slurry of GCB particles.Polarographic analysis has been also performed for ungraphitized P-33.By comparison, it appears that the heating at 2700°C does not remarkably change the nature and the amount of chemical groups chemically bound to the surface of the carbon black.     

Solid-phase extraction of aminobenzoic acids and aminotoluenesulfonic acids with graphitized carbon black

The extraction of amphoteric aromatic amines from water samples is difficult because of their high polarity. For the enrichment of aminobenzoic acids and aminotoluenesulfonic acids with solid-phase extraction, graphitized carbon black (GCB) was investigated. With few exceptions, the 12 analytes studied were extracted with recoveries > 60% at neutral or basic pH, whereas at pH 3 low recoveries were obtained. Addition of salt caused a decrease of about 50% in recoveries, addition of standard humic acid a decrease of about 20%. The capacity of GCB cartridges was determined with the breakthrough volume for 4-aminobenzoic acid at different concentrations to be 0.5–1% (w/w).     

Adsorption of cyclic amines on graphitized thermal carbon black

Thermodynamic characteristics of adsorption (TCA) for aniline and its methyl derivatives on the surface of graphitized thermal carbon black (GTC, Carbopack C HT trade mark) were determined using equilibrium gas adsorption chromatography in the range of the lowest adsorbate concentrations in the gas phase. A series of relationships relating the TCA of the studied amines to their physicochemical parameters was obtained. The theoretical values of entropy of adsorption were calculated in the framework of the model of two-dimensional ideal gas and compared with the corresponding experimental values, which allowed one to reveal specific features of the molecular structure of the adsorbates. A similarity between the thermal component of entropy of the studied compounds in the adsorbed state and that of the entropy of the pure liquid adsorbates made it possible to refine the physical state and mobility of the adsorbate molecules in the force field of the adsorbent. The regression equation relating the heats of adsorption on the GTC to such molecular constants of adsorbates as polarizability, molecular surface area, and molecular weight were proposed for the first time. A high predictive power of the equations derived in the work for the preliminary estimation of the adsorption characteristics of alkylanilines and alkylbenzenes on the GTC was shown.     

Adsorption of adamantanol isomers on graphitized thermal carbon black

The thermodynamic characteristics of adsorption of some adamantanol isomers on graphitized thermal carbon black were calculated and determined experimentally. The parameters of the potential function for the intermolecular interaction between hydroxyl oxygen and carbon of the graphite basis plane were determined for the first time. The adsorption properties of adamantanols are largely determined by electron density distribution in the adamantane cage, which are related to the cage effect.     

Adsorption of isomeric aryl- and diadamantane molecules on the surface of graphitized thermal carbon black

The thermodynamic characteristics of adsorption of isomeric molecules of 1,1??-, 1,2??-, and 2,2??-diadamantanes, 1- and 2-phenyladamantanes, and 1-cyclohexyladamantane on the surface of graphitized thermal carbon black (GTC) were experimentally determined. The influence of the molecular structure of adsorbates on their adsorption on the basis face of graphite was considered. A high selectivity of the GTC surface for the gas chromatographic separation of mixtures of the considered structural isomers was shown.     

Adsorption equilibria of binary gas mixtures on graphitized carbon black

Adsorption equilibria for binary gas mixtures (methane-carbon dioxide, methane-ethane, and carbon dioxide-ethane) on the graphitized carbon black STH-2 were measured by the open flow method at 293.2 K. The experimental pressure range was (0 to 1.6) MPa. The extended Langmuir (EL) model and the ideal adsorption solution theory (IAST) have been adopted to predict the equilibria of binary gas mixtures. The results indicate that gas mixtures adsorbed on the homogeneous surface of STH-2 exhibit the nonideal behavior, which is mainly induced by adsorbate-adsorbate interactions. The real adsorption solution theory (RAST) has been used to analyze the property of the adsorbed mixtures. The activity coefficients have been correlated with the Wilson equation. The investigation demonstrates that the nonideality of adsorbed phase is completely dissimilar with the bulk liquid phase. The adsorption of the heavier component would benefit the adsorption of the lighter component.     

Adsorption behavior of Vulkan-7H graphitized carbon black

The adsorption behavior of Vulkan-7H carbon black graphitized at 3073 K was studied. Benzene adsorption isotherms at 293 K were measured by the static method and by gas chromatography. It was shown that Vulkan-7H carbon black may be considered as a supermicroporous adsorbent with a pore size of 1.05 nm.The sample was provided by N. N. Lezhnev.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1544–1546, September, 1993.     

Gas chromatographic investigation of adsorption equilibria on graphitized thermal carbon black

Summary Retention volumes and heats of adsorption at low surface coverages of graphitized thermal carbon black (GTCB) for C₆–C₁₄ aromatic hydrocarbons have been determined. The dependence of heats of adsorption of these molecules on their structure and the number of carbon atoms in the molecule have been investigated. Substitution in the ring in methylbenzenes is not equivalent to the lengthening of the side-chain in the isomers of n-alkylbenzenes and gives rise to a much greater increase in the retention volumes and heats of adsorption.     

Retention of some phenyl-substituted and bicyclic hydrocarbons on graphitized carbon black

Summary Retention volume values for zero cample size (Henry's constants) at different temperatures, retention indices and differential adsorption heats of phenylethylene, phenylacetylene, C₉–C₁₂ phenylcyclanes, biphenylethylenes, biphenylacetylene, bicyclohexyl and bicyclohexylmethane have been determined on graphitized thermal carbon black (GTCB). The molecules of all these hydrocarbons are capable of internal rotation. The values of the thermodynamic adsorption characteristics of phenylcyclanes increase with increasing number of carbon atoms in the cycle. Bicyclohexyl is retained on GTCB considerably weaker than biphenyl while bicyclohexylmethane is retained stronger than biphenylmethane. Symmetric and nonsymmetric biphenylethylenes are retained much stronger than the corresponding biphenylethanes. Phenylethylene (styrene) and trans-biphenylethylene (trans-stilbene) are stronger retained on GTCB than phenylacetylene and biphenylacetylene (tolane), respectively. The relationship between the structure of these molecules and their retention on GTCB is discussed.     

Comparison of the performance of graphitized carbon black and poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) cartridges for the determination of pesticides and industrial phosphates in environmental waters

The determination of polar and nonpolar organophosphorus compounds, triazines and their metabolites, molinate and chlorothalonil in 1 l water samples was investigated using off-line solid-phase extraction followed by gas chromatography with nitrogen-phosphorus and flame photometric detection. The ethylvinylbenzene-divinylbenzene copolymer (LiChrolut EN) and the commercial graphitized carbon black (GCB) of Envi-Carb were tested as solid-phase sorbents. The matrix effect was studied by extracting the compounds spiked in water samples of different types (Milli-Q, tap, salted tap water, river and sea water). The polymeric sorbent LiChrolut EN allowed the determination at low ng/l of all 40 compounds tested, except the very polar atrazine-desethyl-deisopropyl (DDA). Recoveries of compounds from the Envi-Carb sorbent are comparable to those obtained for LiChrolut EN with the exception of chlorothalonil and the more hydrophobic organophosphorus compounds (coumaphos, leptophos), which were strongly sorbed in the Envi-Carb cartridges. Envi-Carb, however, enabled the determination of DDA with a limit of detection of 14 ng/l.     

Stability of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in river water samples and in octadecyl silica solid-phase extraction cartridges

Airborne particulate matter has been sampled at a location close to a metallurgical plant in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and first results on the chromium(VI) content in the collected dust are presented. A special procedure using a scrubber as sampling device was used to preserve Cr(VI) during the sampling procedure. The scrubber solution which consisted of 0.1 mol L^–1 TRIS-buffer solution was adjusted to a slightly alkaline pH of 8.6 to reduce the oxidation potential of Cr(VI) and to avoid possible oxidation of Cr(III) to Cr(VI), for example by oxygen (or ozone at ambient concentrations). After sampling Cr(VI) was pre-concentrated on an anion-exchange material and eluted with aqueous 0.6 mol L^–1 sodium perchlorate solution. After elution, a species-selective complex of Cr(VI) with diphenylcarbazide (DPC) was prepared; this was extracted into n-hexanol and quantified by UV–visible spectrophotometry. A detection limit of 0.9 ng m^–3 for Cr(VI) in ambient aerosols can be achieved with this method.     

The cell effect in adamantane adsorption on graphitized thermal carbon black

Nonequivalence of the nodal and bridging carbon atoms of the adamantane molecule during adsorption on graphitized thermal carbon black was shown. The nonequivalence is related to a special type of intermolecular interaction, the cell effect. Based on the experimental data and the molecular statistical calculations of Henry's constants, the parameters of atomatom potentials for the nodal carbon atoms in the adamantane molecule were found. This atom-atom potential differs from that known for the carbon atom in the sp³-hybridization. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 849–853, May, 2000.     

Thermodynamic parameters of adsorption of isomeric chloronaphthalenes on graphitized thermal carbon black

Henry's constants and the heats of adsorption of isomeric chloronaphthalenes on graphitized thermal carbon black were calculated by the semiempirical molecular statistical method. The calculated data were compared with experimental results. The best agreement was achieved when corrections for the interaction of the Cl atom with the C atom of the adjacent benzene ring and the presence of other Cl atoms inortho-positions are introduced in calculations of the atom-atomic potential. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1484–1489, August, 1999.