Research Article

Sonicating for the Uptake of Paracetamol from Solution by Activated Carbon from Oak: Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Isotherms

Table 1

FTIR results.

ACO cm-1ACOPA cm-1

O–H stretching vibration3323.283178.59
Aliphatic C-H group stretching vibrations of the alkyl groups2885.002675.86
Stretching vibration of olefins carbonyl groups (C=O) in conjugated compounds1607.061812.94
Carboxylic/aromatic hydroxyl (–OH) stretching of the phenol group1565.431581.35
Stretching vibration of aromatic skeletal1505.781498.35
Bending vibration of aromatic C–H out-of-plane877.81 & 712.32899.57 & 750.34
Stretching in C–C vibrations459.18468.19