Experimental evidence of the cavity theory of sorption-desorption hysteresis by a study of the effect of electric discharge on entrapped water in silica gel

Subba Rao, K and Nayar, BC (1972) Experimental evidence of the cavity theory of sorption-desorption hysteresis by a study of the effect of electric discharge on entrapped water in silica gel. In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 38 (1). pp. 45-50.

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Abstract

With the use of the quartz fiber spring balance, sorptions and desorptions of water on silica gel at 30°C were studied and the permanent and reproducible hysteresis loop was obtained. At different points on the desorption curve forming the loop, the gel was subjected to high tension glow electric discharge. As a result of the electric discharge, the gel at any point on the desorption curve shifts to a corresponding point on the sorption curve. This is due to the release from the cavities of gel of the entrapped water held in a metastable state. The electric discharge has no effect on the gel at different points on portions of the desorption curve which coincide with the sorption curve and also on the sorption curve itself, indicating the absence of entrapped water in the gel in these regions. The results afford direct experimental evidence of the reality of the cavity theory of sorption-desorption hysteresis.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2010 09:08
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/28614

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