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The study of physical adsorption has enormous economic and technical value, while continuing to present significant scientific challenges. During the last few years three significant trends have become manifest: significant theoretical advances; instrumental developments allowing detailed characterization of materials, including microporous solids; and the realization that closer coupling of scientific and technological lines of enquiry can lead to both greater scientific understanding and better technology.
Topics covered include: the dramatic progress in theoretical analysis; breakthroughs in experimentation; the unique aspects of transport in micropores; and the application of physical adsorption in industrial processes.
Audience: Specialized workers will find the updated material invaluable. University lecturers may use material in the book for introductory or graduate courses. The extensive literature references point to further detailed studies.
List of contents
Preface. Historical Perspectives of Physical Adsorption; K.S.W. Sing. Analysis of Physisorption Isotherms. Determination of Surface Area and Porosity; K.S.W. Sing. Methodological Problems Related to the Preparation of the Surface (Outgassing) and to the Determination of the Adsorption Isotherms; J. Rouquerol. Physical Adsorption in Microporous Solids. Measurement, and Insight into the Interactions; Wm.C. Conner. Theory and Simulation of Adsorption in Micropores; K.E. Gubbins. Intermolecular Forces and Simulation in Pores; D. Nicholson. Pore Size Calculation in the Case of Different Geometrical Shapes; G. Horvath, M. Suzuki. High-Pressure Physisorption of Gases on Planar Surfaces and in Porous Materials; G.H. Findenegg, M. Thommes. Fundamentals of Single-Gas and Mixed-Gas Adsorption on Heterogeneous Solid Surfaces; W. Rudzínski. Fundamentals of Diffusion in Porous and Microporous Solids; D.M. Ruthven. Measurement of Diffusion in Microporous Solids by Macroscopic Methods; D.M. Ruthven, S. Brandani. NMR Studies of Diffusion in Porous Solids; J. Kärger. Solid/Liquid Interaction on Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Adsorbents: Sorption, Microcalorimetric and Saxs Experiments; I. Dékány. Liquid-Solid Adsorption as the Basis for Selective Separation Processes; K.K. Unger. Molecular Modeling as a Complement to Experiment; Application to the Separation of Nitrogen and Oxygen; C. Mellot, J. Lignières. Inorganic Membranes: Pore Structure Characterization; A.K. Stubos, et al. Ceramic Membranes: Industrial Applications; A.K. Stubos, et al. Adsorption Engineering. Hydrodynamics of PSA Columns; C. Monereau. The Air Liquide Compact VisaTM. A View on an Innovating Adsorber; C. Monereau. Poster Communications. The Molecular Potential Approach to Helium Adsorption by Carbonaceous Subnanospace; N. Setoyama, K. Kaneko. Physical Adsorption of Hydrocarbons from Water Solutions on Carbons; M. Tunçay, et al. Molecular Simulations for Characterization and Equilibrium Adsorption Prediction on Activated Carbon; V. Gusev, et al. Interaction Energy of Water and Methanol With NaZSM-5 From Adsorption Experiments; M. Heuchel, et al. An Application of 129Xe NMR of Adsorbed Xenon to the Study of Silica-Based Catalysts; V.V. Terskikh, et al. Structural Characteristics and Adsorption Properties of Microporous Aluminoborate Oxyfluorides; V. V. Brei, et al. Relations Between Adsorbent Morphology and Mechanisms of Adsorption in Solid-Liquid Systems; K. Jeř'bek. Mechanism of Interaction of Organic Compounds with Polymeric Adsorbents; J. Hradil. Wetting on An Attractive Spherical Substrate; I.A. Hadjiagapiou. Adsorption, Desorption and Indoor Climate; L. Marcussen, et al. Theoretical Description of Ion Adsorption at the Metal Oxide/Electrolyte Solution Based on the Four Layer Model; R. Charmas.
Summary
Topics covered in this text include: progress in theoretical analysis; breakthroughs in experimentation; the unique aspects of transport in micropores; and the application of physical adsorption in industrial processes.
