title: Volatile organic air contaminants in plants: Comparative investigations of toluene sorption in fruit and chemically modified adsorbents.
abstract: Comparative investigations of the sorption process of gaseous toluene were performed using fruit material (orange peel) and the mixture of chemically bonded phases (CBPs) as sorbents. For this study, a specially constructed system that allows exposure of sorbents to volatile air contaminants at constant concentrations was applied. The results for the prepared packings indicate a typical adsorption process described by Langmuir isotherm. In the case of orange peel, a mixed mechanism of the sorption process is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 7 Gagarin St, 87-100, Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górna-Binkul
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buszewski