title: Model selection for the adsorption of phenobarbital by activated charcoal.
abstract: Activated charcoal is known to adsorb a wide variety of substances from solution, and several equations have been used to fit the resulting adsorption data. The determination of the correct model to fit phenobarbital adsorption onto activated charcoal was made using a calorimetric method. The differential heats of displacement of water by phenobarbital for four activated charcoals were determined and found to be linearly related to the amount of phenobarbital adsorbed. The activated charcoals studied had statistically similar heats of displacement. The linear relationship between heat evolved and the amount of phenobarbital adsorbed is consistent with the assumptions implicit in the Langmuir model.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wurster
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buraphacheep
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veng-Pedersen
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Schottelius
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002606:Charcoal; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010634:Phenobarbital
chemical_list: D002606:Charcoal; D010634:Phenobarbital