Adsorption of Methyl Iodide on Reduced Silver-Functionalized Silica
Aerogel: Kinetics and Modeling
Abstract
The low concentration methyl iodides (CH3I) adsorption
process on reduced silver-functionalized silica aerogel
(Ag0-Aerogel) was studied. The kinetic data were
acquired using a continuous flow adsorption system. Because the
corresponding physical process was observed, the shrinking core model
(SCM) was modified and applied. An average CH3I pore
diffusivity was calculated, the
CH3I-Ag0-Aerogel reaction was
identified as a 1.37 order reaction instead of first order reaction, and
the nth order reaction rate constant was determined.
This modified SCM significantly increases the accuracy of adsorption
behavior prediction at low adsorbate concentration. Modeling results
indicate that the overall adsorption process is controlled by the pore
diffusion. However, at low adsorbate concentration (<100
ppbv), the CH3I adsorption is limited to the surface
reaction due to the low uptake rate in a predictable time period.