Isoperibol adsorption calorimetry

Gas adsorption calorimetry 62 Adiabatic adsorption calorimetry 63 Diathermal-conduction adsorption calorimetry 64 Diathermal-compensation adsorption calorimetry 66 Isoperibol adsorption calorimetry 66... 

Microcalorimetry has gained importance as one of the most reliable method for the study of gas-solid interactions due to the development of commercial instrumentation able to measure small heat quantities and also the adsorbed amounts. There are basically three types of calorimeters sensitive enough (i.e., microcalorimeters) to measure differential heats of adsorption of simple gas molecules on powdered solids isoperibol calorimeters [131,132], constant temperature calorimeters [133], and heat-flow calorimeters [134,135]. During the early days of adsorption calorimetry, the most widely used calorimeters were of the isoperibol type [136-138] and their use in heterogeneous catalysis has been discussed in [134]. Many of these calorimeters consist of an inner vessel that is imperfectly insulated from its surroundings, the latter usually maintained at a constant temperature. These calorimeters usually do not have high resolution or accuracy. 

The first experiments of gas adsorption calorimetry by Favre (1854) were made with an isoperibol calorimeter. More recently, refinements were introduced by Beebe and his co-workers (1936) and by Kington and Smith (1964). Because of the uncontrolled difference between the temperature of the sample and that of the surroundings, Newton s law of cooling must be applied to correct the observed temperature rise of the sample. In consequence, any slow release of heat (over more than, say, 30 minutes), which would produce a large uncertainty in the corrective term, cannot be registered. For this reason, isoperibol calorimetry cannot be used to follow slow adsorption equilibria. However, its main drawback is that the experiment is never isothermal during each adsorption step, a temperature rise of a few kelvins is common. The corresponding desorption (or lack of adsorption) must then be taken into account and, after each step, the sample must be thermally earthed so as to start each step at the same temperature. In view of these drawbacks,... 

With isoperibol solution calorimetry, proton adsorption and desorption enthalpies are obtained and these can be used to predict how the pHzpc varies with temperature. The 1 pK model is especially useful for this purpose. 

The specific adsorption of anions and cations are also influenced by temperature changes and adsorption studies at various temperatures and isoperibol solution calorimetry have been used to investigate this influence. However, relatively few of these studies have been conducted. Residual solution concentrations at two temperatures can be used with a form of the Clausius-Clayperon equation to calculate ion adsorption enthalpies (20). 

Fewer data, particularily calorimetric, are available for evaluating the influence of temperature on metal cation adsorption. The enthalpy of Cd(II) adsorption onto rutile was determined using isoperibol solution calorimetry and a value of +10 kJ/mole was found (6). A recent variable temperature study (25) allows enthalpies for Cd(II), Zn(II), and Ni(II) adsorption onto hematite (synthesized in the presence of 0.86% Si) to be calculated using equation (8). These data are summarized in Table IV. 

It is true, however, that many catalytic reactions cannot be studied conveniently, under given conditions, with usual adsorption calorimeters of the isoperibol type, either because the catalyst is a poor heat-conducting material or because the reaction rate is too low. The use of heat-flow calorimeters, as has been shown in the previous sections of this article, does not present such limitations, and for this reason, these calorimeters are particularly suitable not only for the study of adsorption processes but also for more complete investigations of reaction mechanisms at the surface of oxides or oxide-supported metals. The aim of this section is therefore to present a comprehensive picture of the possibilities and limitations of heat-flow calorimetry in heterogeneous catalysis. The use of Calvet microcalorimeters in the study of a particular system (the oxidation of carbon monoxide at the surface of divided nickel oxides) has moreover been reviewed in a recent article of this series (19). 

Chapter 9, by Kiraly (Hungary), attempts to clarify the adsorption of surfactants at solid/solution interfaces by calorimetric methods. The author addresses questions related to the composition and structure of the adsorption layer, the mechanism of the adsorption, the kinetics, the thermodynamics driving forces, the nature of the solid surface and of the surfactant (ionic, nonionic, HLB, CMC), experimental conditions, etc. He describes the calorimetric methods used, to elucidate the description of thermodynamic properties of surfactants at the boundary of solid-liquid interfaces. Isotherm power-compensation calorimetry is an essential method for such measurements. Isoperibolic heat-flux calorimetry is described for the evaluation of adsorption kinetics, DSC is used for the evaluation of enthalpy measurements, and immersion microcalorimetry is recommended for the detection of enthalpic interaction between a bare surface and a solution. Batch sorption, titration sorption, and flow sorption microcalorimetry are also discussed. 

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