Physical Adsorption – A Materials Characterization Technique for Determining the Surface Area, Porosity, and Total Pore Volume of Solids
Physical adsorption is a technique used to characterize the surface and pore features of solids, that is, the materials texture. The adsorption isotherm generated by the Physical Adsorption technique enables one to characterize a solids’ texture by determining its surface area, porosity, and total pore volume.
In this presentation, the Physical Adsorption technique is defined, theory discussed, and real-world examples of the usage of this technique for characterizing surface and pore features of solids are presented.