Adsorption Properties of Thiocontaining Schungite

Chromatography–mass spectrometry and thermodesorption mass spectrometry have been employed to study mineral schungite-III, in which various thiocompounds have been detected and identified. The influence of these compounds on the adsorption activity of schungite with respect to iodine has been investigated. It has been shown that sulfur present in schungite has no effect on the results of determining its adsorption activity and does not interact with iodine; however, it can interact with amino compounds to yield sulfides. Activation energies Ea have been experimentally determined for sulfur, iodine, and dimethyl disulfide desorption from the surfaces of schungite and a model sorbent, graphitized thermal carbon black. The Ea values of these compounds have appeared to be several times lower than the heats of their adsorption on carbon black calculated by the molecular-statistical method.