Adsorption phenomena at high pressures and temperatures.

Equilibrium isotherms of adsorption of methane on crystalline Rho zeolite were measured with the use of a precision volumetric gravimetric setup that was developed for determining the equilibrium and Kinetic parameters of adsorption in the pressure range of 0.1–160 MPa and temperature range of 300–600 K. The method of determining the accessible volume of an adsorption system (free volume + micropore volume) and the micropore volume of a sorbent was used. Two independent methods for calculation of micropore volume on the basis of the isotherms of excess adsorption were used. The discrepancy in the results of the calculation of the micropore volume by three independent methods is within the limits of the calculation accuracy. An evaluation of a change in the isosteric heats of the excess and absolute adsorption of methane on Rho zeolite was carried out in relation to filling and temperature. An evaluaton of the adsorption volume above the outer surface of the zeolite crystals was performed. The results of experimental investigations of methane adsorption on Rho zeolite can be used to solve the problem of encapsulation of gases by solid sorbents. kg]Key words kw]adsorption kw]micropore volume kw]surface kw]isostere kw]heat kw]zeoliteFor Part 1 see Ref. I.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 568–573, March, 1996.