Characterization of Porous Materials by Densities, Adsorption Techniques and Mercury Porosimetry

Authors
Publication date 2021
Host editors
  • V. Gitis
  • G. Rothenberg
Book title Handbook of Porous Materials
Book subtitle Synthesis, Properties, Modeling and Key Applications
ISBN
  • 9789811223266
  • 9789811223228
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9789811223396
  • 9789811223235
  • 9789811223242
Series Materials and Energy
Chapter 1
Volume | Issue number 2
Pages (from-to) 1-70
Publisher Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
The following sections are included:

Introduction
Densities
Gas Adsorption
Some Tips, Examples, and General Remarks on Adsorption Measurements
Mercury Porosimetry
Introduction
Method and theory
Contact angle θ
Surface tension γ
Surface area calculations
Particle size determination
Densities obtained from mercury porosimetry
Compressibility
Hysteresis, pore connectivity, entrapment and snap-off
Inkbottle pores
Scanning or waiting for equilibrium
Influence of measuring speed on the result
Quality of the mercury
Cleanness of the sample
Cleanness of the sample holder
Size of the sample holder
Safety precautions and working environments for safe handling of mercury
References
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811223396_0001
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