Characterisation of Porous Solids IV

Edited by

B. McEnaney, T. J. Mays University ofBath, UK

J. Rouquerol CTM du CNRS, Marseille, France

F. Rodriguez-Reinoso University ofAlicante, Spain

K.S.W. Sing Universities of Bristol and Exeter, UK

K.K. Unger Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

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Contents

The Kelvin equation and adsorption hysteresis 1 AJ Brown, CGV Burgess, DH Everett, S Nuttall

Micropore size distribution in carbon molecular sieves by immersion calorimetry 9

JC Gonzales, A Sepülvada-Escribano, M Molina-Sabio, F Rodriguez-Reinoso

Magic angle spinning NMR studies of adsorption onto activated carbons 17 RK Harris, TV Thompson, J Shaw, PR Norman

Analysisof HRADS adsorption 25 E Maglara, R Kaminsky, WC Conner

Neutron scattering investigations of adsorption in porous solids 33 JDF Ramsay, E Hoinkis

A pore width sensitive ordered structure of water molecules in a 41 carbon micropore

T Iijama, K Nishikawa, T Otowa, T Suzuki, K Kaneko

Computer Simulation study of Sorption in cylindrical pores with varying 49 pore wall heterogeneity

WA Steele, MJ Bojan

Transport diffusion of adsorbates in micropores: Simulation in model Systems 57 D Nicholson, RW Adams, RF Cracknell, GK Papadopoulos

Simulation studies of pore blocking phenomena in model porous networks 65 MW Maddox, N Quirke, KE Gubbins

Characterisation of microporous carbons by using molecular Simulation to 73 analyse the adsorption of molecules of different sizes

MV Löpez-Ramön, J Jagiello, TJ Bandosz, NA Seaton

Ordered mesoporous MCM-41 adsorbents: novel routes in synthesis, product 81 characterisation and specification

M Grün, KK Unger, A Matsumoto, K Tsutsumi

Characterisation of zirconia-based ordered mesoporous materials 90 U Ciesla, KK Unger, F Schüth

Physisorption ofgases by MCM-41 98 PJ Branton, PG Hall, KSW Sing

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Characterisation of porosity during thermal decomposition of nickel hydroxide 103

MML Ribeiro-Carrott, PJM Carrott, AJEG Candeias

A thermodynamic investigation of physisorbed phases within the model 111 mesoporous material: MCM-41

PL Llewellyn, C Sauerland, C Martin, Y Grillet, J-P Coulomb, F Rouquerol, J Rouquerol

Helium adsorption on mesoporous solids at 4.2K - density of adsorbed 118 helium in porous Systems

N Setoyama, S Inoue, Y Hanzawa, PJ Branton, K Kaneko, RW Pekala, MS Dresselhaus, KSW Sing

Estimating the dimensions of ultramicropores using molecular probes 125 B McEnaney, TJ Mays, YF Yin, XS Chen, F Rodriguez-Reinoso

Off-lattice reconstructed biphasic media using Gaussian random fields: 133 evaluation for different disordered porous solids

P Levitz, V Pasquier, I Cousin

Micropore size distributions from experimental isotherm data and 141 grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations

S Samios, AK Stubos, NK Kanellopoulos, R Cracknell, G Papadopoulos, D Nicholson

Measuring and modelling the pore-level properties of meso- and 149 macro-porous media - an overview

GP Matthews

Pore formation in carbons derived from phenol resin and their gas adsorption 156

M Inagaki, M Sunahara

Characterisation of porous solids: adsorption potential distribution and its 163 thermodynamic implications

M Jaroniec, M Kruk, J Choma

Within the hysteresis: insight into the bi-modal pore size distribution of 171 close-packed spheres

H Giesche

Properties of nanoengineered two-dimensional silica-based porous networks 180 PA Sermon, MSW Vong, D Grosso

The presence of "shadowed" macropores in the porous network of an 189 activated alumina

MS Goldstein, JD Carruthers

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Nuclear magnetic relaxation study of water adsorbed in mesoporous 196 activated carbons

SV Mikhalovsky, VA Trikhleb, VV Strashko

Analysis of the topological and geometrical characteristics of the pore space 204 of permeable solids using serial tomography, mercury porosimetry and theoretical Simulation

CD Tsakiroglu, AC Payatakes

Morphology of biphasic random media: chord distributions and two-point 213 correlation functions

P Levitz

Interparticle capillary condensation and the pore size distribution of several 221 adsorbents

WD Machin, RJ Murdey

Dual site bond modeis in the presence of correlations 229 A Adrover, M Giona

Determination of the micropore size in carbons by means of experimental 237 and calculated isotherm derivatives

F Ehrburger-Dolle, MT Gonzalez, M Molina-Sabio, F Rodriguez-Reinoso

Study of activated physical adsorption by ESR method 245 VV Strelko

Synthesis and characterisation of a zeolite A with detergent characteristics 253 MJ Perez Zurita, M Matjushi, G Gianetto, C Urbina, L Garcia, C Boliver, C Scott, P Bosch, VH Lara

Gravimetrie and Volumetrie measurements of helium adsorption equilibria 261 on different porous solids

R Staudt, S Bohn, F Dreisbach, JU Keller

Multiscaling texture characterisation of freeze-dried resorcinol-formaldehyde 267 aerogels

B Mathieu, S Blacher, F Brouers, JP Pirard, B Diez, R Sobry, G Van den Bosshe

Comparison oft-plots for carbons, silicas and aluminas v 275 DR Millburn, BH Davis

Fractal analysis of aerogels and carbon blacks using nitrogen adsorption 283 data: comparative study of two methods

B Sahouli, S Blacher, F Brouers

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Certification of reference materials for pore analysis by the gas adsorption 291 method

B Röhl-Kuhn, K Meyer, P Klobs, K-F Krebs, Th Fritz

Adsorption and displacement of formic acid and acetic acid on microporOus 299 phenolic resin carbons

WH Lawnik, O Dietsche, A Fritz, GH Findenegg, SR Tennison

Characterisation ofsulphated oxides oftitanium: infra-red, adsorption 306 and related studies

CA Philip, SA Selim, N Yacoub, J Ragai

Analysis of pore properties from low pressure hysteresis in nitrogen 314 adsorption isotherms

RR Mather

Adsorption characterisation of H-ZSM-5 319 L Abrams

Surface functional groups and texture characterisation of catalytic supports 327 based on activated carbon

G de la Puente, A Centeno, A Gil, P Grange, B Delmon

Modelling stratified porous media 335 TJ Mathews, GP Matthews

Modelling of pore level properties 343 CJ Ridgway, GP Matthews

Sorptive properties ofcloverite 351 W Schmidt, F Schüth

Comparison of the translational mobility D„ of hydrogen, methane and 359 neo-pentane molecules sorbed on AlP04-5

C Martin, JP Coulomb, Y Grillet, R Kahn

Characterisation of the solid texture of porous particles by application of 366 a non-catalytic gas-solid reaction in a thermobalance

G Aichinger, G Staudinger

Retention mechanisms of phenol on activated carbon in a cement 374 environment studied by high resolution argon adsorption and controlled transformation rate hermal analysis

LJ Michot, F Didier, F Vülieras, JM Cases, Y Grillet, A Bouchelaghem

A model of mercury intrusion in an elliptical or rectangular parallel crack 382 and its influence on porosity histograms of granite

P Couchot, C Dubois, E Boeglin, A Chambaudet

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Characterisation of Single pores and porous solids 390 Z Sobotka

Polymerie materials with a novel type of porosity 398 MP Tsyurupa, AS Shabaeva, LA Pavlova, TA Mrachkovskaya, VA Davankov

Processing of microporous/mesoporous sub-micron size silica spheres 406 by means of a template-supported synthesis

Ch Kaiser, G Büchel, S Lüdtke, I Lauer, KK Unger

Observation of interface curvature of capillary Condensed phase in 413 slit-shaped nanopore with a new MD Simulation method

M Miyahara, T Yoshioka, M Okazaki

Textural adsorption characterisation aecording to the two-fold description 421 of porous media

V Mayagoitia, F Rojas, I Kornhauser, J Salmones

Determination of the surface areas and pore sizes of organic matter in soils 429 MC Mittelmeijer-Hazeleger, H de Jonge, A Bliek

Pore strueture and phenol adsorption characteristics of carbonaeeous 437 adsorbents prepared from coal rejeet

F Haghseresht, GQ Lu, HY Zhu, J Keller

Characterisation of silica obtained from the dissolution of olivine: a nitrogen 445 physisorption and thermoporometric study

DJ Lieftink, P van Os, BG Dekker, H Talsina, JW Geus

Characterisation of the porosity of M41S Silicate by adsorption and Xe NMR 452 MA Springuel-Huet, J Fraissard, R Schmidt, M Stöcker, WC Conner

Mercury porosimetry applied to low density xerogels 460 R Pirard, B Heinrichs, JP Pirard

Study of Kelex 100 (metallic ion extraetant) impregnated in porous 467 organic polymers using nitrogen adsorption at 77 K, water adsorption and 129-Xe NMR spectroscopy

S Esteban, JL Bonnardet, G Cote

An anomalous adsorption of ZSM-5 zeolites 475 ME Eleftheriou, CR Theocharis

Effect of thermal treatment on the porosity of silica gels: studies by 481 thermal desorption of liquids

J Goworek, W Stefaniak, T Goworek

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Generation of radially non-uniform porous particles - the influence of 489 non-uniformity and of correlation properties on fiuid-solid non-catalytic reactions

A Adrover, M Giona

Effects of carbon surface chemistry on adsorption of polar molecules 497 RH Bradley, A Cuesta

Effect of assumed pore shape and interaction parameters on obtaining pore 504 size distributions from adsorption measurements

KL Boulton, MV Löpez-Ramön, GM Davies, NA Seaton

Adsorbent applications for mesoporous Silicate 512 A Yasutake, N Tomonaga, J Izumi, UM Setogushi, M Iwamoto

Characterisation by thermoporometry of the influence of additives on the 519 porous structure of gels derived from tetraethoxysilane

A Julbe, JF Quinson, A El Mansouri, C Guizard

Reduction of octahedral Fe(III) in saponite: influence in the pillaring ability 527 oftheclay

MA Vincente, MA Baüares-Munoz, M Suarez, JMM Pozas, RM Martin, MLRojas

Texture of impregnated active carbon: effect of burn-off 535 B Buczek, A Swiatkowski, S Zietek

Pore volume and apparent density of fine porous particles 543 B Buczek, E Vogt, W Stefaniak

A Simulation study of nitrogen adsorption in magnesium oxide pores 549 D Nicholson, NA Freeman, MA Day

Adsorption and thermogravimetric characterisation of selected M41S 557 samples

A Sayari, C Danumah, P Liu, M Jaroniec

Analysis of pore structure of isotropic graphite using image processing 565 K Oshida, T Nakazawa, N Ekinaga, M Endo, M Inagaki

Adsorption studies of carbon dioxide on KF1500, X2MH6/8 and PX21 573 by means of a high-pressure Volumetrie device

A Guillot, S Follin, L Poujardieu

Comparison between different techniques to determine the porosity of 581 aerogels

JF Quinson, B Chevalier, E Elaloui, R Begag

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Multistep porosity development in clinochlore upon heating 588 F Vülieras, J Yvon, M Francois, G Gerard, JM Cases

Cohesive and swelling behaviour of charged interfaces: a (NVT) 596 Monte-Carlo study

R J-M Pellenq, A Delville, H van Damme

Caku lation of adsorption isotherms and thermodynamic quantities for 604 argon adsorbed in carbon slit-like micropores with different pore widths using the density functional theory

N Neugebauer, M v Szombathely, P Bräuer

Characterisation of heterogeneous adsorbents using data from isotherms 612 at two different temperatures

K Koch, M v Szombathely, N Neugebauer

Organised and confined fluids in a micropore 620 K Murata, K Kaneko

Surface characteristics and pore structure of activated char prepared from 625 a mixture of coal tar pitch and a graphite-FeCl3 intercalation Compound

A Albiniak, E Broniek, J Kaczmarczyk, A Jankowska, T Simieniewska, B McEnaney, XS Chen, G Furdin, D Begin

Modelling of gas sorption processes in shallow, fixed bed adsorbers 633 EPJ Mallens, MPM Cnoops, JJGM van Bokhoven

Changes of surface area and porosity of carbon fibres during their activation 641 SF Grebennikov, AV Koulitchenko, JT Williams

Mesoporous silicas from mixed templates 648 S Ozeki, M Yamamoto, K Nobuhara

Boron distribution in MFI-type zeolites: interest of adsorption 656 microcalorimetry at 77K

C Sauerl, PL LLewellyn, Y Grillet, J Rouquerol

A simple accelerated procedure for carbon tetrachloride activity and 663 retentivity in active carbon

AM Zakareya,

Synthesis and mechanism of swollen MCM-41 668 PJ Branton, J Dougherty G Lockhart, JW White

The preparation and analysis of microporous silica mcmbranes for 675 gas Separation

RM de Vos, A Nijmeijer, K Keizer, H Verweij

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Standardisation of surface geometry characterisation 681 E Robens, K-F Krebs, K Meyer

Characterisation of the porosity of 18"' Century Portuguese decorative tiles 689 MML Ribeiro-Carrott, JL Farinha-Atunes, PJM Carrott

Author Index 696

Subject Index 700