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Adsorption of Cu2+ using banana peels for pH 2,2.5,3,3.5,4

so basically I did my experiment which is the title. This is my procedure and results: Make 0.05M CuSO4 pipette 50ml CuSO4 change to respective pH values using HCl Add 2g of oven-dried banana peels ...
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Plotting a Langmuir adsorption isotherm

We have, $$\theta = \frac{Kp_\mathrm a}{1+Kp_\mathrm a}$$ where, the fractional coverage $\theta$ is defined as the number of sites occupied by adsorbate $A$ over the total number of sites. $p_\...
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Desorption instead of adsorption from solution using activated charcoal

I was just trying to see the effect of concentration on adsorption in solutions, i.e. I was trying to verify the Freundlich isotherm. I used oxalic acid and a batch of homemade activated charcoal (...
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Why we have mass of adsorbent in Freundlich equation?

In Freundlich equation why we have $m$ the mass of adsorbent. I mean it is surface chemistry and on the surface of adsorbent the adsorption takes place so why we have mass of adsorbent in that ...
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