Selective adsorption of organic homologues onto activated carbon from dilute aqueous solutions. Solvophobic interaction approach and correlations of molar adsorptivity with physicochemical parameters

QSAR Models To Predict Effect of Ionic Strength on Sorption of Chlorinated Benzenes and Phenols at Sediment–Water Interface

“…Sorption capacity for any organic pollutant is believed to depend upon three main factors namely (a) the sorbate characteristics like polarity, hydrophobicity, molecular size, aqueous solubility, functional groups present and branching, (b) the solution of the system like pH, temperature, ionic strength and (c) the sorbent characteristics like surface area, organic matter, mineral surfaces, pore size, etc., (Belfort, 1979). In the present study, when comparison of solubility of the pollutants studied with K p values was done (Table 1), it was observed that decrease in solubility brought about an increase in K p values.…”

Solvent effect on adsorption phenomena in reversed‐phase liquid chromatography

“…In order to correlate adsorbability in reversed-phase mode with properties of adsorbates, several empirical parameters such as partition coefficient between n-octanol and water and solubility parameter have been proposed. On the other hand, Belfort et al (1984) theoretically studied liquid-phase adsorption of several organics on an activated carbon from aqueous solution. Adsorbability of the adsorbates were correlated with surface area based on the solvophobic theory.…”

Subsurface flow and transport of organic chemicals: an assessment of current modeling capability and priority directions for future research (1987-1995)

“…Also, the quantitative prediction of organic carbon distribution coefficients for hydrophobic organic compounds has arisen from the conceptualization of sorption as a process driven by hydrophobic repulsion of the chemical from the aqueous solution to more hydrophobic constituents of the solid matrix (Herman 1971;Herman 1972;Horvath et al 1976;Belfort 1979). have combined the approach of correlating organic carbon partition coefficient to aqueous solubility with the theory of Yalkowsky et al (1975) that predicts aqueous solubility from a knowledge of the polar and hydrocarbonaceous surface area of the sorbate molecules and the interfacial free energies of these surfaces and the solutione 3.15…”