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CONTENTS

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Gas Adsorption Processes in Separation Technology 2
3. Experimental Methods 6
4. What Is Not Considered 10
References 11

Chapter 1: BASIC CONCEPTS 17
1. Introduction 17
2. Adsorption Phenomena 18
3. Sorbent Materials 25
4. Characterization of Porous Solids 31
4.1 Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry 32
4.2 Helium Measurements 34
4.3 Gas Adsorption 43
5. Mass and Volume of Adsorbed Phases 52
5.1 Models for the Void Volume of a Sorbent Material
and the Volume of a Sorbate 56
5.2 Outline of Calorimetric-Dielectric Measurements of
Absolute Masses of Adsorbates 66
6. List of Symbols 70
References 72

Chapter 2: VOLUMETRY / MANOMETRY 79
1. Introduction 79
2. Volumetric Measurement of Pure Gas Adsorption
Equilibria (N = 1) 81
2.1 Experimental 81
2.2 Theory 82
2.3 Uncertainties or Errors of Measurements 85
2.4 Example 87
3. Thermovolumetry 88
4. Volumetric Measurement of Multicomponent Gas
Adsorption Equilibria (N > 1) 91