Reference data for the adsorption of methanol on carbon materials

The adsorption of methanol at 298 K on carbon blacks and microporous carbon s. including Carbosieve, Takeda molecular sieves, Maxsorb superactivated ca rbons and an activated charcoal cloth, has been studied. Analysis of the re sults indicates that the mechanism of adsorption of methanol on carbon blac ks shows some similarities to that of water vapour. However, it is still po ssible to define reference data which can be used to obtain estimates of th e surface area of carbon blacks, provided that the surface is reasonably po lar, and of external surface area and micropore volume of microporous carbo n adsorbents, provided that the pore size is not very large. (C) 2001 Elsev ier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.