Interaction of Water and Other Polar Substances with Various Sorbents According to Calorimetric and Chromatographic Data

Abstract

Existing data and the author's own data on the calorimetric and chromatographic heats of sorption of water, methanol, carbon monoxide, ammonia, and certain other polar substances on a wide range of adsorbents (graphitized carbon black and activated carbon, silica and aluminum oxides, layer silicates, synthetic and natural zeolites, and mesoporous molecular sieves) are reviewed. The results are analyzed in terms of energy stoichiometry. The importance of this approach in the development of the science of surface phenomena and adsorption is demonstrated.