What does ACF mean?
It will carry a different meaning with every application. In the adsorption example above, ACF = 0.924. Notice that the amount adsorbed was determined based on the amount remaining in solution. This practice is common in adsorption isotherm experiments, where the y-axis values are not truly independent of the x-axis values. A loss of 0.924 mg/L from the liquid phase is equal to an adsorption amount of 1 μg/m2. An error of 0.924 mg/L for the liquid phase concentration is equal to an adsorption error of 1 μg/m2. Arithmetically, nothing really changes if you determine the amount adsorbed by direct measurement of the solid phase because the adsorption value is directly related to the liquid phase equilibrium value as a result of the principle of mass balance. That is, the total sum of the nonadsorbed liquid portion plus the adsorbed solid portion must be constant at all times. We can apply a similar example to enzyme kinetics. In enzyme kinetics studies, the rate of reaction (v) can be eva
