Adsorption Removal of Environmental Hormones of Dimethyl Phthalate Using Novel Magnetic Adsorbent

Table 1

Some major physical characteristics of M-PVAL.

		Adsorbent: M-PVAL
Density analysis	Bulk density, (g cm^−3)	2.40
	True density, (g cm^−3)	2.49
	Particle porosity,	0.03
Surface area^b,c	Surface area by BET analysis (); (m^2 g^−1)	73.1
	Constant of BET equation (); (—)	63
Particle diameter^d (μm)	Average particle diameter by number	0.75

Calculated using .
^bBET surface area was analyzed using ASAP2000, Micromeritics.
^cSurface area estimated using Langmuir equation () is about
102.42 m² g⁻¹.
^dAnalyzed using LS 23 Fluid Module, Beckman Coulter.