Oleic Acid Adsorption-Desorption Isotherms on the Surface of High-Dispersity Ferrites from a Solution in Carbon Tetrachloride

The equilibrium adsorption method was used to comparatively study the adsorption-desorption isotherms of oleic acid on the surfaces of manganese and copper ferrites from a solution in carbon tetrachloride. The adsorption isotherms of the fatty acid were described in terms of the theory of volume filling of micropores. The theory was used to calculate the limiting adsorption values, characteristic energy, and porous space volumes. The isotherm of oleic acid adsorption on the surface of manganese ferrite from a solution in carbon tetrachloride was similar to the isotherms of fatty acid adsorption from solutions in heptane, whereas the isotherm of adsorption on the surface of copper ferrite was similar to the isotherms of fatty acid adsorption from hexane. The limiting adsorption from carbon tetrachloride was higher on the surface of manganese ferrite than on the surface of copper ferrite. The adsorption-desorption isotherms contained hysteresis loops.