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Table 6.4. The GAB model maximum net isosteric heat of sorption, q st , and entropy of sorption,<br />

S d , and the corresponding EMC/% db for the nine cane components aged 52 and 36 weeks.<br />

Sample Maximum q st/kJ mol -1 Maximum S d/kJ mol -1<br />

52 weeks EMC/% db 36 weeks EMC/% db 52 weeks EMC/% db 36 weeks EMC/% db<br />

Stalk fibre 27.27 3 40.88 0 -69.77 3 -93.87 1<br />

Stalk pith 130.77 0.01 14.08 5 -363.07 1 -33.51 5<br />

Rind fibre 31.30 3 64.28 0.1 -83.93 3 -173.40 2<br />

Rind fines 15.89 4 20.92 2 -38.49 4 -46.95 3<br />

Top fibre 40.81 3 25.17 4 -109.80 4 -66.96 4<br />

Dry leaf fibre 43.24 3 64.82 2 -117.87 3 -182.59 2<br />

Dry leaf fines 23.59 5 41.95 0.01 -63.55 5 -98.93 2<br />

Green leaf fibre 9.75 5 53.92 2 -22.97 6 -146.76 2<br />

Green leaf fines 24.70 3 49.67 2 .62.47 4 -136.16 3<br />

6.6 ENTHALPY-ENTROPY COMPENSATION<br />

A promising theory that has been widely considered to investigate the physical and<br />

chemical phenomena involved in water sorption (Aguerre et al., 1986, Madamba et al.,<br />

1996) is the enthalpy-entropy compensation theory, or isokinetic relationship, as originally<br />

applied by Bell (1937). This theory states that compensation arises from changes in the<br />

nature of the interaction between the solute and the solvent causing the reaction, and that<br />

the relationship between enthalpy and entropy for a specific reaction is linear. When this<br />

theory is applied to a sorption process, the enthalpy corresponds to the net isosteric heat of<br />

sorption.<br />

For a linear enthalpy and entropy relation, the isokinetic temperature (T β ) can be<br />

determined from the slope of the line and, if the theory is valid, should be constant at any<br />

point (Heyrovsky, 1970). It represents the temperature at which all the reactions in the<br />

series proceed at the same rate (Heyrovsky, 1970), and the free energy at T β , ΔG, provides<br />

a criterion to evaluate whether the water sorption is a spontaneous (-ΔG) or a nonspontaneous<br />

process (+ΔG).<br />

To test the validity of the compensation theory, the isokinetic temperature is compared<br />

with the harmonic mean temperature (T hm ), and T β ≠ T hm . T hm is defined as:<br />

T hm = ni<br />

∑ =<br />

n i<br />

i 1<br />

1/ T<br />

where n i is the total number of isotherms and, T is the Kelvin temperature (K).<br />

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