Studies of the Polar and Apolar Liquid Film Properties of Pure and Modified Activated Carbons by Thermal Analysis and Sorptiometric Methods

Autor: Dariusz Głażewski, Piotr Staszczuk, Roman Leboda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Adsorption Science & Technology, Vol 19 (2001)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0263-6174
2048-4038
DOI: 10.1260/0263617011494349
Popis: Thermal analysis was used to investigate the adsorbed water layers and surface properties of various pure and modified commercial activated carbons. In addition, the thermodesorption of n-butanol, n-octane and benzene from samples saturated in a vacuum desiccator was studied under quasi-isothermal conditions. The mass loss Q-TG and differential mass loss Q-DTG curves obtained consisted of steps and inflections which were associated with the mechanism of wetting, adsorption and porosity properties of the studied surfaces. Adsorption/desorption isotherms of nitrogen on the activated carbon samples were measured using a sorptiomatic method. The specific surface areas, pore sizes, pore volumes and pore-size distribution functions have been calculated for the various samples. A correlation between the porosity parameters obtained from thermogravimetric and sorptiometric methods is presented.
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