Design, construction, and calibration of an isothermal titration calorimeter and its application in the study of the adsorption of phenolic compounds

Rev Sci Instrum. 2012 Jan;83(1):015117. doi: 10.1063/1.3680596.

Abstract

An isothermal calorimetric titration was designed and built, and some of the results obtained are presented here. For this purpose, a Calvet heat-conducting microcalorimeter was developed and connected to a titration unit built for this experiment to record titration thermograms. The microcalorimeter was electrically calibrated to establish its sensitivity and reproducibility, obtaining K = 13.56 ± 0.21 W V(-1). Additionally, the equipment was tested using the heat of neutralisation for the tris-hydroxymethyl-aminomethane-HCl (THAM-HCl) system, obtaining ΔH = -30.92 ± 0.03 kJ mol(-1). The unit was assembled to obtain titration heats and the corresponding thermodynamic variables (ΔH, ΔG, ΔS, and K(e)) with a system of phenolic derivatives-activated carbon (synthesised from potato peel).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Calibration
  • Calorimetry / instrumentation*
  • Catechols / chemistry
  • Charcoal / chemistry
  • Equipment Design
  • Phenols / chemistry*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Catechols
  • Phenols
  • Charcoal
  • catechol