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Table 3 Limiting adsorption capacities (qoads) and limiting partition capacities (qopar) of BEN, NPL, PHN, and TCE from water on CNT-S and CNT-M at room temperature (25 ± 1 ℃). The CI inside parentheses refers to the 95% confidence interval

From: Labile graphitic monolayers as a partition phase for containment of organic chemicals by graphene-based nanomaterials

Compound

qoads (\(\pm\)CI)a

(mg g−1)

qoads (\(\pm\)CI)a

(mL g−1)

qopar (\(\pm\)CI)

(mg g−1)

qopar (\(\pm\)CI)

(mL g−1)

CNT-S

    BEN

145 (\(\pm\)32)

0.166 (\(\pm\)0.04)

240 (\(\pm\)12)

0.274 (\(\pm\)0.001)

    NPL

180 (\(\pm\)15)

0.157 (\(\pm\)0.01)

80 (\(\pm\)4)

0.0701 (\(\pm\)0.004)

    PHN

175 (\(\pm\)15)

0.148 (\(\pm\)0.01)

50 (\(\pm 5\))

0.0424 (\(\pm\)0.004)

    TCE

265 (\(\pm\)20)

0.182 (\(\pm\)0.01)

215 (\(\pm\)7)

0.147 (\(\pm\)0.005)

CNT-M

    BEN

17 (\(\pm\)3)

0.019 (\(\pm\)0.003)

61 (\(\pm\)1)

0.070 (\(\pm\)0.001)

    NPL

18 (\(\pm\)3)

0.016 (\(\pm\)0.003)

17 (\(\pm\)0.5)

0.015 (\(\pm\)0.0004)

    PHN

21 (\(\pm\)4)

0.018 (\(\pm\)0.003)

14 (\(\pm\)0.5)

0.012 (\(\pm\)0.0004)

    TCE

29 (\(\pm\)5)

0.020 (\(\pm\)0.003)

60 (\(\pm\)2)

0.041 (\(\pm\)0.001)

  1. aThe 95% CI’s of qoads’s are based on the 95% CI’s of the qo and qopar data, where qoads = qoqopar; the 95% CI’s of the qo’s are based on the upper linear sections of the single-solute isotherms