Abstract
Porous Vycor is examined by measuring CH 2Br 2 adsorption in situ with small-angle X-ray scattering. When a class of pores fills with condensed vapors of this particular adsorbate it ceases to act as scatterer and only the remaining empty pores produce a measurable intensity. By determining a number of scattering curves at various relative pressure loadings details on the structure of the glass as well as on the adsorption/desorption mechanism are obtained. Pore chord length and specific surface area are estimated from Porod tangent analysis to 78 Å and 108 m 2/g. Comparison of the results with those reported for N 2 and Ar adsorption is also given. The role of network effects on the shape of the hysteresis loop is considered and the pore-blocking hypothesis is verified from the scattering spectra. The pore connectivity is calculated to 5.6. The X-ray data are further treated with the inverse Fourier transformation technique. Pore-size distributions are extracted and weighed against the prediction of the Kelvin equation.
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