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Table 3.2 Selected values of the Freundlich-isotherm parameters (Equation 3.16) for adsorption
of various organic compounds onto activated carbon [8].

K (mg / g) 1 / n K (mg / g) 1 / n

Acenaphthelene 190 0.36 n-dimethylnitrosamine 6.8 × 10 − 5 6.6

Acenaphthylene 115 0.37 2,4-dimethylphenol 78 0.44

Acrolein 1.2 0.65 Dimethyl phthalate 97 0.41

Acrylonitrile 1.4 0.51 4,6-dinitro- o -cresol 237 0.32

Aldrin 651 0.92 2,4-dinitrophenol 160 0.37

Anthracene 376 0.70 2,4-dinitrotoluene 146 0.31

Benzene 1.0 1.6 2,6-dinitrotoluene 145 0.32

Benzidine-dihydrochloride 110 0.35 1,2-diphenylhydrazine 16,000 2.0

3,4-benzofluoroanthene 57.0 0.37 Alpha-endosulfan 194 0.50

Benzo[k]fluoroanthene 181 0.57 Beta-endosulfan 615 0.83

Benzo[ghi]perylene 10.7 0.37 Endosulfan sulfate 686 0.81

Benzo[a]pyrene 33.6 0.44 Endrin 666 0.80

Alpha-BHC 303 0.43 Ethylbenzene 53 0.79

Beta-BHC 220 0.49 bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate 11,300 1.5

Gamma-BHC (lindane) 256 0.49 Fluoroanthene 664 0.61

Bromoform 19.6 0.52 Fluorene 330 0.28

4-bromophenyl phenyl ether 144 0.68 Heptachlor 1220 0.95

Butylbenzyl phthalate 1520 1.26 Heptachlor epoxide 1038 0.70

n-butyl phthalate 220 0.45 Hexachlorobenzene 450 0.60

Carbon tetrachloride 11.1 0.83 Hexachlorobutadiene 258 0.45

Chlorobenzene 91 0.99 Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 370 0.17

Chordane 245 0.38 Hexachloroethane 96.5 0.38

Chloroethane 0.59 0.95 Isophorone 32 0.39

bis-(2-chloroethoxy)methane 11 0.65 Methylene chloride 1.30 0.16

bis-(2-chloroethyl)ether 0.086 1.84 4,4 -methylene-bis- 190 0.64

2-cholorethyl vinyl ether 3.9 0.80 (2-chloroaniline)

Chloroform 2.6 0.73 Naphthalene 132 0.42

bis-(2-chloroisopropyl)ether 24 0.57 Beta-naphthylamine 150 0.30

Parachorometa cresol 122 0.29 Nitrobenzene 68 0.43

2-chloronaphthalene 280 0.46 2-nitrophenol 101 0.26

2-chlorophenol 51.0 0.41 4-nitrophenol 80.2 0.17

4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether 111 0.26 n-nitrosodiphenylamine 220 0.37

DDE 232 0.37 n-nitrosodi-n-propylamine 24.4 0.26

DDT 322 0.50 PCB-1221 242 0.70

Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene 69.3 0.75 PCB-1232 630 0.73

1,2-dichlorobenzene 129 0.43 Pentachlorophenol 260 0.39

1,3-dichlorobenzene 118 0.45 Phananthrene 215 0.44

1,4-dichlorobenzene 121 0.47 Phenol 21 0.54

3,3-dichlorobenzidine 300 0.20 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 10.6 0.37

Dichlorobromomethane 7.9 0.61 Tetrachloroethane 50.8 0.56

1,1-dichloroethane 1.79 0.53 Toluene 26.1 0.44

1,2-dichloroethane 3.57 0.83 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 157 0.31

1,2- trans -dichloroethane 3.05 0.51 1,1,1-trichloroethane 2.48 0.34

1,1-dichloroethylene 4.91 0.54 1,1,2-trichloroethane 5.81 0.60

2,4-dichlorophenol 147 0.35 Trichloroethene 28.0 0.62

1,2-dichloropropane 5.86 0.60 trichlorofluoromethane 5.6 0.24

Dieldrin 606 0.51 2,4,6-trichlorophenol 219 0.29

Diethyl phthalate 110 0.27