Notice of RetractionAdsorption mechanism of BTEX series compounds on soils

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In order to protect groundwater resources, two types of soils were selected as experimental materials to investigate adsorption mechanism of BTEX series compounds on soils in this study. The laboratory testing programs were carried out by static adsorption experiments, therefore adsorption isotherms of BTEX series compounds on different soils were obtained. The results indicated that adsorption isotherms of BTEX grossly fitted to the Henry model. Both silt soil and coarse sand possessed rather strong adsorption capacity. Furthermore, due to the properties of different substances there were differences in adsorption capacity among the four BTEX series compounds selected, which is in the order benzene> toluene> ethylbenzene> xylene.