Adsorption and structure of argon in activated porous carbons

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 557-566

  Coasne, Benoit ^a   Gubbins, Keith E ^b   Hung, Francisco R ^b,c   Jain, Surendra K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Nano domains; Porous carbons; Structure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ISOSTERIC HEAT; NANO-DOMAINS; POROUS CARBONS; STRUCTURES;

ARGON;

EID: 33748782241     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600675707     Document Type: Article

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