The surface excess for the adsorption of phenol, 2-chlorophenol, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, 1,2-dihydroxybenzene, and 1,3-dihydroxybenzene from aqueous
solution onto unfunctionalized polystyrene and polymethacrylate resins cross-linked with divinylbenzene
(Lewatit VP-OC 1163, Amberlite XAD-4, Serdolite PAD I, II, and III, and Supelcogel TPR-100, respectively)
at temperatures from 294.15 K to 318.15 K has been determined using the chromatographic method of
frontal analysis. For a prediction of adsorption equilibria for phenol + water systems onto polymeric
adsorbents, the fluid phase concentration is normalized to the solubility of the phenols in water. Isotherms
of the Redlich−Peterson type with characteristic parameters for different polymers were fitted to the
adsorption data (surface excess versus normalized concentration). The experimental data were correlated
with a standard deviation of 1.1%; adsorption equilibria were predicted within 2%.