Microbalance techniques in design and control of synthetic carbons

Peculiarities of carbonization of two styrene/divinylbenzene precursors (on e sulfonated, another aminated and phosphorylated) have been investigated b y thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. It was shown that pho sphorus compounds incorporate into carbon structure and cause delayed carbo nization. Porous structure and surface properties of synthetic carbons have been investigated by standard (BET, alpha (s) method, DA) and advanced (AE D, PSD, regularization) methods from benzene and water adsorption isotherms . It was shown that phosphorus-containing carbon is less microporous and sh ows highly hydrophilic surface.