On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size

Studies of adsorption and desorption of argon at 87 K in model ink-bottle pores have been carried out using Monte Carlo simulation. We show that the isotherms can be constructed as a composite of isotherms for a set of unit cells with constant pore size. The mechanisms of adsorption and desorption i...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, P., Fan, Chunyan, Do, D., Nicholson, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56149
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Fan, Chunyan
Do, D.
Nicholson, D.
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Nicholson, D.
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description Studies of adsorption and desorption of argon at 87 K in model ink-bottle pores have been carried out using Monte Carlo simulation. We show that the isotherms can be constructed as a composite of isotherms for a set of unit cells with constant pore size. The mechanisms of adsorption and desorption in an ink-bottle pore can be easily understood from the characteristics of these unit cells, providing insight into how the hysteresis loop would evolve in shape and area when the neck size is varied. The key factor controlling the characteristics of the loop is the relative position of the condensation and evaporation pressures of these unit cells. Two features of particular interest are noted: (i) a pore blocking mechanism might be mistaken as a cavitation if cavitation is interpreted as a sudden change in the amount adsorbed along the desorption branch and (ii) the shape of the hysteresis loop switches from type H1 for small neck sizes to type H2 for larger necks but reverts back to type H1 when the neck size approaches the cavity size. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-561492017-09-13T16:09:55Z On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size Nguyen, P. Fan, Chunyan Do, D. Nicholson, D. Studies of adsorption and desorption of argon at 87 K in model ink-bottle pores have been carried out using Monte Carlo simulation. We show that the isotherms can be constructed as a composite of isotherms for a set of unit cells with constant pore size. The mechanisms of adsorption and desorption in an ink-bottle pore can be easily understood from the characteristics of these unit cells, providing insight into how the hysteresis loop would evolve in shape and area when the neck size is varied. The key factor controlling the characteristics of the loop is the relative position of the condensation and evaporation pressures of these unit cells. Two features of particular interest are noted: (i) a pore blocking mechanism might be mistaken as a cavitation if cavitation is interpreted as a sudden change in the amount adsorbed along the desorption branch and (ii) the shape of the hysteresis loop switches from type H1 for small neck sizes to type H2 for larger necks but reverts back to type H1 when the neck size approaches the cavity size. © 2013 American Chemical Society. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56149 10.1021/jp4002912 American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Nguyen, P.
Fan, Chunyan
Do, D.
Nicholson, D.
On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
title On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
title_full On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
title_fullStr On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
title_full_unstemmed On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
title_short On the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: Evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
title_sort on the cavitation-like pore blocking in ink-bottle pore: evolution of hysteresis loop with neck size
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56149