The use of small angle neutron scattering with contrast matching and variable adsorbate partial pressures in the study of porosity in activated carbons

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5062-5075

  Mileeva, Z ^a   Ross, D K ^a   Wilkinson, D ^a   King, S M ^b   Ryan, T A ^c   Sharrock, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Chemviron Carbon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS; APPARENT DENSITY; CARBON DENSITY; CARBON SURFACE; CONTRAST MATCHING; DRY POWDERS; KELVIN EQUATION; LIQUID SURFACE; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE PORES; SCATTERING VECTORS; SURFACE TENSION VALUES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DEUTERIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SURFACE TENSION; TOLUENE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84865502544     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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