Fractal Approach to Adsorption/Desorption Processes on Environmental Surfaces

Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in Environmental Systems

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 179-220

  Sokołowska, Zofia ^a   Sokolowski, Stefan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

'fractal' and fractal dimension concept; Adsorption mechanism fractal analysis determination; Adsorption desorption process and fractal approach; Brunauer Emmet Teller (BET) adsorption model; Energetically heterogeneous surface adsorption; Fractal dimension evaluation; Frenkel Halsey Hill (FHH) isotherm and fractal surface adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION;

'FRACTAL' AND FRACTAL DIMENSION CONCEPT; ADSORPTION MODEL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL APPROACH; FRACTAL SURFACES; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE ADSORPTION;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 67349190145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470511206.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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