ADSORPTION PROPERTIES OF NOVEL
MELANIN-CONTAINING GRANULAR
PHYTOADSORBENTS

G. S. Akhremkova,a V. A. Lapina,b
and A. F. Dolidovicha

UDC 541.183.03:53

Some adsorption and physicomechanical characteristics 
of novel melanin-containing granular phytoadsorbents have been determined. 
The influence of the binder on the phytoadsorbent adsorptivity for 
organic substances, benzene, ethyl acetate, and methanol, has been 
investigated. It has been shown that the adsorptive capacity of the 
granular phytoadsorbent depends on the nature of the adsorbent and 
the kind of binder, which is not "inert," and decreases as its content 
in the granules increases.

aA. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer 
Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., 
Minsk, 220072, Belarus; bB. I. Stepanov Institute 
of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 68 Nezavisimost' 
Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus; email: vlapina@dragon.bas-net.by. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 43-46, 
May-June, 2007. Original article submitted August 29, 2005; revision 
submitted December 20, 2005.