The measurement of the specific surface area of soils by gas and polar liquid adsorption methods-limitations and potentials

Geoderma

Volumn 216, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-87

  Heister, Katja ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Clay mineral; Internal surface area; Organic matter; Outgassing; Sorption capacity

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER; GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA (SSA);

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; DEGASSING; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAS ADSORPTION; LIQUIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHYSISORPTION; POROSITY; SOILS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERAL; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84888431865     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.10.015     Document Type: Review

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