Research Article

The Removal of Phenol and Its Derivatives from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption on Petroleum Asphaltene

Table 3

Isotherm constants and regression data for Langmuir-Freundlich and Temkin isotherms for adsorption of substituted phenols on asphaltene from aqueous solutions.

AdsorbateLangmuir-FreundlichTemkin

Phenol1166.161.0100.9980.0563820.944
o-Cresol121.210.9700.9750.0892750.953
o-Aminophenol86.000.9540.9860.1543160.929
o-Chlorophenol7547.451.000.9970.079300.937
o-Nitrophenol154.750.960.9820.216560.886
2,6-Xylenol178.520.980.9870.098430.936
2,5-Xylenol139.820.890.9130.0672330.854
3,5-Xylenol82.290.900.9270.0903960.894
3,4-Xylenol20.280.620.3200.9970.6320.958