Studies on the Use of Oyster, Snail and Periwinkle Shells as Adsorbents for the Removalof Pb2+ Aqueous Solution by Stevens A. Odoemelam, Nnabuk Okon Eddy

“…The effects of contact time and concentration on adsorption, thermodynamics of sorption and distribution coefficients of the adsorbents were examined to optimize the conditions to be utilized for decontamination of effluents containing Pb2+. …”
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Kinetics and equilibrium studies of phosphate removal from aqueous solution by calcium silicate hydrate synthesized from electrolytic manganese residue by Changxin Li, Yuan Yu, Qiuyue Li, Hong Zhong, Shuai Wang

“…Meanwhile, the kinetic data confirmed that the sorption of phosphorus onto electrolytic manganese residue–calcium silicate hydrate can be best described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, suggesting that the adsorption process might be chemical sorption. Furthermore, thermodynamic studies illustrated that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous in nature.…”
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Prediction of Tetraoxygen Reaction Mechanism with Sulfur Atom on the Singlet Potential Energy Surface by Ashraf Khademzadeh, Morteza Vahedpour, Fereshte Karami

“…For the title reaction, we obtained four kinds of products at the B3LYP level, which have enough thermodynamic stability. The results reveal that the product P3 is spontaneous and exothermic with −188.042 and −179.147 kcal/mol in Gibbs free energy and enthalpy of reaction, respectively. …”
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Removal of 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid using novel dual functional weakly basic anion exchange resins from aqueous solution by Yue Sun, Weisheng Zheng, Deqiang Yin

“…The experimental data revealed that the adsorption process on the four resins fitted well with the pseudo-second-order kinetics equation and the equilibrium isotherms were in good agreement with the Langmuir model. Thermodynamic analyses illustrated that 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid adsorption onto resins was an endothermic and spontaneous process. …”
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Thermo-Hydromechanical Coupling Responses Driven by a Central Heat Source in Unsaturated Soils by Wei Wang, Jingjing Liu, Jing Chen

“…Based on the thermodynamic and thermoelastic theory, the coupled governing equations of deformation, heat transfer, and moisture migration in unsaturated soils were given. …”
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Dynamic Electromechanical Response of a Viscoelastic Dielectric Elastomer under Cycle Electric Loads by Junjie Sheng, Yuqing Zhang

“…In the current study, a thermodynamic model is set up to characterize the influence of viscoelasticity on the electromechanical and dynamic response of a viscoelastic DE. …”
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Ultrasonic Investigations of Molecular Interaction in Binary Mixtures of Benzyl Benzoate with Acetonitrile and Benzonitrile by N. Jaya Madhuri, P. S. Naidu, J. Glory, K. Ravindra Prasad

“…From the experimental data, thermodynamic parameters like adiabatic compressibility, internal pressure, enthalpy, activation energy etc., were computed and the molecular interactions were predicted based on the variation of excess parameters in the mixture. …”
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Heating and Cooling Studies of Relativistic Accretion Disks Around the Non-Rotating Black with A Simple Model by Mahboobe Moeen

“…We use the simple model of heat flux, in which the heat flux is proportional to temperature. Then the thermodynamic quantities are derived. We use the radial form for the radial component of four velocity in the locally non rotating frame and Keplerian angular momentum. …”
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Energy Analysis in Combined Reforming of Propane by K. Moon, Ganesh R. Kale

“…An energy requirement analysis of steam reforming to dry reforming with intermediate steps of steam reduction and equivalent CO2 addition to the feed fuel for syngas generation has been done to identify condition for optimum process operation. Thermodynamic equilibrium data for combined reforming was generated for temperature range of 400–1000°C at 1 bar pressure and combined oxidant (CO2 + H2O) stream to propane (fuel) ratio of 3, 6, and 9 by employing the Gibbs free energy minimization algorithm of HSC Chemistry software 5.1. …”
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Adsorption Properties of O2 onCr5 Nanostructures: A DFT Study by Mohammad T. Baei, Ali Kazemi Babaheydari, Parviz Torabi

“…Geometry optimizations and vibrational frequencies of them were carried out at B3LYP level of theory with LANL2DZ and 6-31G* basis sets using Gaussian 98 suites of program. Their thermodynamic properties were estimated. We have also investigated the total electronic properties, HOMO, LUMO and energy gap for Cr5 nanostructures with O2. …”
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Sorption Behavior of Cu(II) From Acidic SolutionUsing Weathered Basalt Andesite Products by Rajesh Singh, Ajay V. Shah, Bhavna A. Shah

“…The sorptionpattern of Cu ions onto WBAP followed Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin-Kaganer-Radushkevich isotherms. The thermodynamic parameters (∆H0, ∆S0,and ∆G0) for Cu sorption onto WBAP were also determined.…”
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A High Order Theory for Linear Thermoelastic Shells: Comparison with Classical Theories by V. V. Zozulya

“…The first physical quantities that describe thermodynamic state have been expanded into Fourier series in terms of Legendre polynomials with respect to a thickness coordinate. …”
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Study of the Structure of a Surface-porous Adsorbent using the Gas Chromatographic Version of the Molecular Probe method by Yu.I. Tarasevich, A.I. Zhukova, E.V. Aksenenko, S.V. Bondarenko, O.V. Nazarenko

“…This is based on a comparison of the thermodynamic properties for the adsorption of substances of known molecular size on the surface-porous adsorbent with those characteristic for the adsorption of the same substances on to a non-porous adsorbent of a similar chemical nature.…”
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Experimental investigation on the formation mechanism of the TiFe alloy by the molten-salt electrolytic titanium concentrate by Shi R., Bai C., Hu M., Liu X., Du J.

“…Different product and structure can be obtained by changing temperature. According to thermodynamic calculation, the principal electroreduction products are Ti and TiFe2 and then Ti and TiFe2 are formed by interdiffusion which is governed by temperature.…”
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Adsorption of Alizarin Red S onto Nano-Sized Silica Modified with γ-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane by Deliang Li, Qing Liu, Shuanglong Ma, Zhixian Chang, Ling Zhang

“…It was shown that the sorption processes were better fitted by the pseudo-second-order equation. From thermodynamic studies, the values of the Gibbs' free energy (ΔG 0 ), standard enthalpy change (ΔH 0 ) and standard entropy change (ΔS 0 ) were calculated as −3.78 kJ/mol, −90.05 kJ/mol and −289.34 J/(mol K), respectively, thereby indicating that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic.…”
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Surface Potential of Polycrystalline Hematite in Aqueous Medium by Tajana Preočanin, Filip Stipić, Atiđa Selmani, Nikola Kallay

“…The theoretical interpretation of the equilibrium data was performed by applying the surface complexation model and the thermodynamic equilibrium constants for the first and the second step of surface protonation was obtained as logK1∘=11.3;logK2∘=2.8.…”
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One-Dimensional Nonequilibrium Radiation-Transport Equation under Diffusion Approximation and Its Discrete Scheme by Qi Gao, Chuanfei Zhang, Lin Zhou, Zhenghong Li, Zeqing Wu, Yu Lei, Chunlai Zhang, Xiaotao Zu

“…Based on the nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium state and large optical thickness of plasma, we establish one-dimensional nonequilibrium radiation-transport equation from diffusion approximation. …”
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Investigation of Citrus aurantiifolia Leaves Extract as Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in 1 M HCL by R. Saratha, S. V. Priya, P. Thilagavathy

“…Theoretical fitting of different isotherms, Langmuir, Temkin, Freundlich, Frumkin, Flory-Huggins and the kinetic thermodynamic model, were tested to clarify the nature of adsorption. …”
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Preparation and Analytical Properties of Amphoteric Chelating Resin by Bhavna A. Shah, Ajay V. Shah, Pathik M. Shah

“…The identification of resin structure was performed by elemental and FTIR analysis. The thermodynamic parameters such as activation energy (Ea), entropy (S*), enthalpy (H*) and free energy (G*) for thermal decomposition were calculated from thermal data. …”
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Geometric Curvatures of Plane Symmetry Black Hole by Shao-Wen Wei, Yu-Xiao Liu, Chun-E. Fu, Hai-Tao Li

“…We study the properties and thermodynamic stability of the plane symmetry black hole from the viewpoint of geometry. …”
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