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marylandblue

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4. Chemistry

Reply to Leith (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 22, 2018, 12:42 AM

Mar 2018

Solids can remove dissolved chemicals from liquids. This is why they use activated carbon in water filters. The amount of chemical removed goes up as the amount in solution goes up, but it's not a linear relationship. The Freundlich equation describes this relationship.

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I had a Freundlich exponent when I was a kid, but I went away for a weekend and my Mom... [View all] NNadir Mar 2018 OP

Had major farts, eh? dhol82 Mar 2018 #1

Yeah, brain farts. NNadir Mar 2018 #2

Umm... What? Leith Mar 2018 #3

Chemistry marylandblue Mar 2018 #4