FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (12): 164-167.

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Thermodynamics Study on Bleaching of Soybean Oil Using Attapulgites as Adsorbent

 LIU  Yue, LIU  Yuan-Fa, WANG  Xing-Guo, NIE  Zuo-Ming   

  1. 1.School of Applied Engineering,Zhejiang Economic and Trade Polytechnic,Hangzhou 310018,China;2. School of Food Science,Key Laboratory of Food Science and Safety,Ministry of Education,Jiangnan University,Wuxi 214122,China;3.School of Life Sciences,Zhejiang Sci-Tech University,Hangzhou 310018,China
  • Online:2008-12-15 Published:2011-12-08

Abstract: Adsorption thermodynamics of color particles onto attapulgites were studied through static adsorption experiments under the bleaching condition. The adsorption isotherms in the range of 353 to 383 K were determined. It was calculated that the adsorption enthalpy changes in the range of-0.0434 to-0.0036 kJ/mol,the Gibbs free energy changes in the range of-10.23~11.77 kJ/mol and the entropy changes in the range of-33.34 to 27.78 J/mol·K according to the relationship of the thermodynamic function. The results showed that the adsorption of color particles is an exothermic process. With the increasing of the temperature and quantity of adsorbent,the adsorption increases. The sorption of attapulgites to color particles is an increasing entropy process in this temperature range.

Key words: attapulgites, adsorption, thermodynamics, soybean oil