ADSORPTION OF PHENOL IN NON-AQUEOUS SYSTEM BASED ON HYDROGEN-BONDING

Two hydrogen-bonding adsorbents-macroporous crosslinked poly(p-nitrostyrene) and poly(p-vinylbenzyl amide)--were synthesized, and the absorption property of phenol from cyclohexane solution onto the adsorbents was studied. The differential adsorption heats for varied adsorption capacities calculated from the adsorption isotherms according to the Clapeyron-Clausius equation lay in the range of hydrogen bond energy (8-50kJ/mol). The adsorption capacity of o-nitrophenol in cyclohexane was much less than that of phenol under the same condition. The adsorption capacity of phenol from cyclohexane onto polyacrylonitile was much less than that onto poly(p-nitrostyrene) or poly(p-vinylbenzyl amide). All these results revealed that adsorption of phenol from cyclohexane by poly(p-nitrostyrene) or poly(p-vinylbenzyl amide) is based on hydrogen-bonding.