On the physical adsorption of gases on carbon materials from molecular simulation |
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Authors: | G R Birkett D D Do |
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Institution: | (1) School of Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | In this paper we present a series of work covering a range of aspects relating molecular simulation to experiment. The importance
of surface mediation type effects to the adsorption of simple and complex gases is demonstrated. Coupled with the adsorption
of simple gases is their projection area when used for surface area determination. The pressure dependence of a projection
area is demonstrated for argon at 77 and 87.3 K. A simple model is used to account for the degree of graphitisation of a surface
is demonstrated and used to account for the isosteric heat behaviour of non-graphitised carbon blacks. Turning from surfaces
to porous solids, an alternative treatment of experiment data (either sub or super critical) is presented that avoids the
ambiguity of excess amounts adsorbed. Using this method one is able to obtain pore size distributions and amounts adsorbed
without relying on such things as helium expansion volumes. Since this type of method is usually applied to composite solids
we also demonstrate the correct method for calculating the heat of adsorption using independent sets of simulations. The final
topic covered in this paper is an example of the information that can be gained from the heat capacity of an adsorbed phase. |
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Keywords: | Molecular simulation Carbon adsorbents Surface interaction Pore size distribution |
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