Pore wall thickness and interpore influence on adsorption of alkanes in carbons using explicit pore models

Adsorption

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Lucena, Sebastião M P ^a   Gonçalves, Daniel V ^a   Mileo, Paulo G M ^a   Cavalcante Jr , Célio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Alkane adsorption; Explicit models; Monte Carlo Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATE INTERACTIONS; ALKANE ADSORPTION; CARBON ATOMS; CARBON LAYERS; EXPLICIT MODELS; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; GRAPHENE LAYERS; MICROPORES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARAMETER VARIATION; PORE MODELS; PORE WALL; PORE WALL THICKNESS; POROUS CARBONS; POTENTIAL MODEL; RETENTION CAPACITY; SOLID-FLUID INTERACTIONS; SURFACE MEDIATION; WALL THICKNESS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBATES; ADSORPTION; GRAPHENE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PORE PRESSURE; QUAY WALLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 84867233444     PISSN: 09295607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10450-012-9386-2     Document Type: Article

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