Abstract
A two-stage mechanism of adsorption, including nucleation and condensation, was proposed to describe the formation of the water liquid phase in carbon adsorbents. Adsorption is assumed to occur in cylindrical pores. Nucleation is described by a modified BET model, and condensation is treated by the model of a stretched liquid film on a bent surface. The onset of formation of the liquid phase (OFLP) is determined from the intersection of the adsorption isotherms for these stages. The theoretical value of the relative pressure of OFLP varies over a wide range, decreasing with a decrease in the pore radius and reactiing the relative vapor pressure of 0.178 for the spinodal state of water. The comparison method using isotherms of graphitized carbon black as the reference isotherms was applied for the determination of OFLP of water in real active carbons. This resulted in good agreement between theory and experiment.
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