during the past two decades the use of lignocellouse fibers in reinforcing composites has attracted much research activities. in the present work, date palm fiber was used for production of composites compatible withliving environment. the fibers were pre-treated chemically to remove impurities. in order to verify and compare the effectiveness of the pretreatment methods, lignin, ash, moisture ...

Adsorbed natural gas has various advantages and is relatively more economical than liquefaction and compression. Carbon nanotubes can be introduced as a new candidate for natural gas storage. In this study, adsorption of methane was firstly studied on the as-prepared multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and then chemical and physical treatment of MWCNTs was performed to enhance the methane adsorp...

We report the results of an experimental and theoretical study of propane adsorption on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. Simulations and experiments were carried out for temperatures from 90 to 110 K and pressures from ultrahigh vacuum up to about 0.5 mTorr. Both simulations and experiments show that propane adsorbs in a layer-by-layer fashion and exhibits continuous growth beyond the second...

Many efforts have been made to develop amine-based solid adsorbents for capture of CO2 by adsorption. Compared with the traditional process of absorption in aqueous solutions of amines, the adsorbents with amine immobilized in solids generally result in processes with lower capital and energy costs. The literature contains some experimental studies of CO2 adsorption in impregnated materials; ho...

Quantitative microscope techniques were utilized to examine the adsorption of rhizobial cells to clover root hairs. Adsorption of cells of noninfective strains of Rhizobium trifolii or infective R. meliloti strains to clover root hairs was four to five times less than that of the infective R. trifolii strains. Attachment of the rod-shaped bacteria to clover root cells occurred in a polar, end-o...

1 For virtually any physical adsorption process, the capacity of an adsorbent decreases as the temperature of the system increases. As the temperature increases the adsorbed molecules acquire sufficient energy to overcome the van der Waals’ attraction, holding them in the condensed-phase and migrating back to the gas-phase. Adsorption is an exothermic process. At low concentrations the heat rel...

Isothermal calorimetry operated in gas perfusion mode (IGPC) is often used to quantify the amorphous content of pharmaceutical powders. Typically, the calibration line is constructed using the heat of crystallisation as the sample is exposed to high levels of a plasticising vapour. However, since the physical form to which the amorphous fraction crystallises may be dependent on the presence of ...

H(2) adsorption in (Me(2)NH(2))[In(L)] is enhanced by exchange of Me(2)NH(2)(+) for Li(+) cations; the Li(+)-exchanged material displays a lower isosteric heat for H(2) adsorption than the parent material, indicating that the increase in H(2) capacity is due to an increase in the accessible pore volume on cation exchange, while the lower adsorption enthalpy is consistent with increased pore size.

The temperature dependence of the heat of hydration of natrolite was studied by isothermal adsorption calorimetry from 412 to 472 K. The heat capacity of hydration implied by these results is about 5 times greater than the calorimetric heat capacity of reaction, suggesting atypical behavior across this solid solution.

Adsorption and heat inactivation studies were made on a series of host range, turbid (ht) mutants of coliphage T2H to determine the mechanisms of phenotypic expression of these genes and of the additivity of gene effects. The ht mutants adsorb to the resistant cell B/2H at a slower rate than the clear h mutant; double and triple ht mutants adsorb with increased efficiency. Some mutants show inc...