Adsorption by Powders and Porous Solids - Principles, Methodology and Applications (Relié)

This book provides an introductory review of the various theoretical and practical aspects of adsorption by powders and porous solids, with particular reference to materials of technological importance. The book is designed to help scientists, engineers and newcomers to surface science to take full advantage of adsorption techniques and to interpret adsorption data (e.g. for the determination of surface area and pore size distribution).
Adsorption plays a vital role in heterogeneous catalysis and in many solid state reactions and chromatographic separations. Solid adsorbents are employed on a large scale for the separation of industrial gases, the purification of liquids, respiratory protection, and pollution control. Adsorption techniques are now used in academic and industrial laboratories inter alia for the characterization of catalysts, desiccants, pigments, and pharmaceutical materials.
Key features : provides a comprehensive treatment of adsorption at both the gas/solid interface and the liquid/solid interface ; includes chapters dealing with experimental methodology and the interpretation of adsorption data obtained with porous oxides, carbons, zeolites and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) ; includes an introduction to molecular modelling for predicting and understanding the adsorption properties of porous solids ; makes use of definitions, terminology and other conventions fully consistent with the latest IUPAC recommendations.