Hello everyone,
I am working on the adsorption of lincomycin from water. My first stage of research was conducted with lincomycin in deionized pure water, the data and results are good and have been properly fitted to isotherms. However, my second stage is focused on the adsorption of lincomycin from a complex system (synthetic liquid manure composed of ammonia, phosphate, sulfate, etc with a constant composition). My questions are below:
1. Would it be appropriate to try to model the new data to traditional isotherms like Langmuir or Freundlich since I am not treating with a pure component?
2. What would be a better way to present this adsorption data?
Extra information: - Adsorbent is activated carbon
- I have run the same essays for this synthetic manure, it is different initial adsorbate concentration.
Sure you can use traditional isotherms like Langmuir or Freundlich or etc to represent your data.
Best representation would be judged by the coefficient of determination of isotherms and considering error bars over data.
You can use langmuir, freundlich, and other isotherm models to exhibit your findings. I think you should compare the results of second stage findings with first stage findings. You can draw isotherm slope of both stages in one graph. So, everybody can see the differences between 1st and 2nd stage isotherms. Your comments will be very effective if you follow this way.