The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake
We present a critique of the Halsey isotherm model (also known as Frenkel–Halsey–Hill), which is used by many researchers to interpret water contaminant adsorption data. We first convert the original Halsey isotherm for gasphase adsorption to a form appropriate for liquid-phase adsorption. We call...
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| author | Chu, Khim Hoong Bashiri, Hadis Hashim, Mohd Ali Abd Shukor, Mohd Yunus Bollinger, Jean-Claude |
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| description | We present a critique of the Halsey isotherm model (also known as Frenkel–Halsey–Hill), which is used by many
researchers to interpret water contaminant adsorption data. We first convert the original Halsey isotherm for gasphase adsorption to a form appropriate for liquid-phase adsorption. We call this version the “genuine Halsey
isotherm.” We then show that the Halsey isotherm currently used in water contaminant adsorption research
bears only a partial resemblance to the genuine Halsey isotherm. As such, we label the former the “fake Halsey
isotherm.” We go on to prove that the fake Halsey isotherm is mathematically equivalent to the Freundlich
isotherm. Consequently, the modeling results obtained by the fake Halsey isotherm reported in numerous previously published studies have been mostly misleading. Many such reports can be found across a broad spectrum
of major journals. Finally, we highlight the data-fitting attributes of the genuine Halsey isotherm. It is shown to
be capable of describing adsorption isotherms having types I, II, and III curve shapes. |
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| spelling | upm-1092702024-08-19T03:04:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109270/ The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake Chu, Khim Hoong Bashiri, Hadis Hashim, Mohd Ali Abd Shukor, Mohd Yunus Bollinger, Jean-Claude We present a critique of the Halsey isotherm model (also known as Frenkel–Halsey–Hill), which is used by many researchers to interpret water contaminant adsorption data. We first convert the original Halsey isotherm for gasphase adsorption to a form appropriate for liquid-phase adsorption. We call this version the “genuine Halsey isotherm.” We then show that the Halsey isotherm currently used in water contaminant adsorption research bears only a partial resemblance to the genuine Halsey isotherm. As such, we label the former the “fake Halsey isotherm.” We go on to prove that the fake Halsey isotherm is mathematically equivalent to the Freundlich isotherm. Consequently, the modeling results obtained by the fake Halsey isotherm reported in numerous previously published studies have been mostly misleading. Many such reports can be found across a broad spectrum of major journals. Finally, we highlight the data-fitting attributes of the genuine Halsey isotherm. It is shown to be capable of describing adsorption isotherms having types I, II, and III curve shapes. Elsevier 2023-05-15 Article PeerReviewed Chu, Khim Hoong and Bashiri, Hadis and Hashim, Mohd Ali and Abd Shukor, Mohd Yunus and Bollinger, Jean-Claude (2023) The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake. Separation and Purification Technology, 313. art. no. 123500. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1383-5866; ESSN: 1873-3794 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1383586623004082 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123500 |
| spellingShingle | Chu, Khim Hoong Bashiri, Hadis Hashim, Mohd Ali Abd Shukor, Mohd Yunus Bollinger, Jean-Claude The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
| title | The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
| title_full | The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
| title_fullStr | The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
| title_short | The Halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
| title_sort | halsey isotherm for water contaminant adsorption is fake |
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