Case Study: Effect of Conditioning on Porosity & Surface Area of Materials

Surface area and pore volume are two important physical properties that determine the quality and utility of porous materials such as adsorbents and nanoparticles. Differences in the surface area and porosity of primary particles contained within materials, which otherwise may have the same physical dimensions, can greatly influence their performance characteristics.

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