Batch adsorption experiments were carried out at 25℃ using activated carbon to adsorb chloroform from water. This system was found to obey the Langmuir isotherm numerically computed bulk concentration time change for the surface diffusion model and that by the pore diffusion model were both in reasonable agreement with the measured data. The effective pore diffusivity was found to be almost independent of the initial chloroform concentration
while the effective surface diffusivity increased with the increase in the initial concentration
Both the resistance of particle - fluid mass transfer and intraparticle mass transfer should be considered for adsorption in liquid.