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6. LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A list of most symbols and abbreviations used in this Chapter is given.

Nm moment of buoyancy force at sorbent site
and ballast or tare site
respectively

N weight of the empty suspension inside the
adsorption vessel in vacuum

N weight of the suspension inside the
adsorption vessel bearing a ballast or tare
in vacuum

N weight of the suspension inside the
adsorption vessel bearing a ballast or tare
in sorptive gas atmosphere (f)

N weight of the suspension inside the
adsorption vessel loaded with sorbent mass
in vacuum

N weight of magnetic suspension floating
freely in the sorptive gas or fluid (f)

g = 9.81 gravity constant of the earth

m length of beams of a microbalance at
sorbent site or ballast or tare site
of a microbalance

Nm mechanical moment of electromagnetic
forces equilibrating the empty balance, i. e.
without sorbent mass and ballast or tare in
vacuum

Nm mechanical moment of electromagnetic
forces equilibrating the empty balance in a
sorptive gas atmosphere