articleChoice Reviews OnlineMay 1, 2005Closed access

Characterization of porous solids and powders: surface area, pore size, and density

LSLowell, Seymour
Indexed incrossref

Abstract

1 Theoretical.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Real Surfaces.- 1.2 Factors Affecting Surface area.- 1.3 Surface Area from Particle Size Distributions.- 1.4 References.- 2 Gas Adsorption.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Physical and Chemical Adsorption.- 2.3 Physical Adsorption Forces.- 2.4 Physical Adsorption on a Planar Surface.- 2.5 References.- 3 Adsorption Isotherms.- 3.1 Pore Size and Adsorption Potential.- 3.2 Classification of Adsorption Isotherms.- 3.3 References.- 4 Adsorption Mechanism.- 4.1 Langmuir and BET Theories (Kinetic Isotherms).- 4.1.1 The Langmuir Isotherm.- 4.1.2 The Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) Theory.- 4.2 The Frenkel-Halsey-Hill (FHH) Theory of Multilayer Adsorption.- 4.3 Adsorption in Microporous…

Citation impact

1,640
total citations
FWCI
12.37
Percentile
100%
References
0
Citations per year

Authors

1
  • LS
    Lowell, SeymourCorresponding

Topics & keywords

Topics
Keywords
  • Characterization (materials science)
  • Porosity
  • Materials science
  • Surface (topology)
  • Specific surface area
  • Chemical engineering
  • Mineralogy
  • Composite material
No related works found for this paper.