Reactive surface area, measure

A B.E.T. surface area measurement(37) was carried out on tfie activated Ni powder showing it to have a specific surface area of 32.7 m /g. Thus it is clear that the highly reactive metals have very high surface areas which, when initially prepared, are probably relatively free of oxide coatings. 

Surface area controlled reactivity, of silver carboxylate, 19 340—342 Surface area measurement, 19 379 Surface area/volume (SAV) ratio in microfluidics, 26 961—962 Surface cartridges, for cartridge filters, 11 369... 

Conformational effects, on reactivity of cycloamyloses, 23 242, 245-249 Constant Ci, values for, 33 273, 274 Contact catalysis, mechanism of, 2 251 Contact catalysts, surface area measurements for studying, 1 65... 

To a first approximation, the redox species at the periphery of the NP tend to react independently of each other. For example, a gold MPC functionalized with phenothiazine ligands16 demonstrates that the number of electrochemically oxidizable phenothiazine groups is identical to the average number present as measured by NMR (Fig. 11.2). The independent, electrochemically NP reactive surfaces act as nanoscale receptors that provide a larger reactive surface area for both catalytic and sensing applications. 

Optical microscopic study of rock thin sections using dye tracers is a way to determine mineral-water contact (physical surface) areas if the water flows in rock matrix or fine fractures. The surface areas of particulate materials can be computed from particle size and geometry (cf. Sverdrup and Warfvinge 1993) or measured by BET gas adsorption methods. White and Peterson (1990) point out, however, that measured or computed surface areas of geological materials generally exceed their reactive surface areas. The reactive surface area (as de-hned by 5 ) is what we need to model sorption or reaction rates in porous media. 

Some authors (e.g., Helgeson et al., 1984 and Holdren and Speyer, 1987) consider S to be the reactive surface area and not the total surface area. This adjustment is made to account for preferential weathering at high energy sites on mineral surfaces that results in the creation of both reactive and nonreactive portions on mineral surfaces. Although it is theoretically and mechanistically interesting, the concept of reactive surface is of little practical importance because it is not possible to measure the reactive surface area. Rate constants can also be expressed in terms of mass of mineral, in which case, S in Eq. [2] is replaced by the mass. 

Reaction kinetics represented by the general form of Equation 1 have been employed in a number of quantitative chemical models of natural systems. Under ideal conditions, the four parameters, total mass transfer, kinetic rate constants, time, and the reactive surface area can be determined independently, permitting the unique definition of the model. In most cases, at least one of the variables, most often surface area, is treated as a dependent term. This nonuniqueness arises when the reactive surface area of a natural system cannot be estimated, or because such estimates made either from geometric or BET measurements do not produce reasonable fits to the other parameters. Most often the calculated total mass transfer significantly exceeds the observed transfer based on measured aqueous concentrations. 

To quantitatively model reaction kinetics of geochemical systems, reliable estimates of the physical and reactive surface areas of the system are needed. The physical surface areas have been measured on the basis of either the macroscopic nature of the surface, i.e. estimates of its bulk geometry, or the microscopic nature, i.e. the areal extent of coverage by atoms or molecules, as in the BET method. In the latter case, comparisons with water sorption isotherms indicate that BET-determincd surface areas produce reliable estimates of the mineral/water interface, except for materials with high microporosity such as expandable clays. 

A compilation of available kinetic models shows that, in most cases, the calculated reactive surface areas are one to three orders of magnitude less than the estimated physical surface areas. Commonly, geometric and BET surface areas are used interchangeably in kinetic studies to measure physical surface areas. The models that did produce closer fits were for open systems with short residence times. Comparisons assumed experimentally correct reaction rates and dependent reactive surface areas. In reality, the reaction rate and the reactive surface area are explicitly linked on the basis of surface controlled reactions. The product of these two terms determines the mass transfer for a specific system. 

This method revealed differences in the reactivities of commercial iron (III) oxide samples, declared as identical when using traditional surface area measurements [41]. The difference in the reactivities was checked by DSA during heat treatments of reaction mixtures corresponding to the technological conditions of ferrite manufacture. 

Sanders, R. L., N. M. Washton, and K. T. Mueller. 2010. Measurement of the reactive surface area of clay minerals using solid-state NMR studies of a probe molecule. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114, no. 12 5491-5498. doi 10.1021/jp906132k. 

Physical adsorption isotherms involve measuring the volume of an inert gas adsorbed on a material s surface as a function of pressure at a constant temperature (an isotherm). Using nitrogen as the inert gas, at a temperature close to its boiling point (near 77K), such isotherms are used to determine the amount of the inert gas needed to form a physisorbed monolayer on a chemically unreactive surface, through use of the Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller equation (BET). If the area occupied by each physisorbed N2 molecule is known (16.2A ), the surface area can then be determined. For reactive clean metals, the area can be determined using chemisorption of H2 at room temperature. Most clean metals adsorb one H atom per surface metal atom at room temperature (except Pd, which forms a bulk hydride), so if the volume of H2 required for chemisorption is measured, the surface area of the metal can be determined if the atomic spacings for the metal is known. The main use of physical adsorption surface area measurement is to determine the surface areas of finely divided solids, such as oxide catalyst supports or carbon black. The main use of chemisorption surface area measurement is to determine the particle sizes of metal powders and supported metals in catalysts. 

The chemical and physical nature of the carbon-black surface is known to influence reinforcement strongly. There is no doubt that polymer interacts very strongly with the surface of carbon black to form a layer of bound rubber that cannot easily be removed. The attraction forces are considered to be primarily physical in character but many reactive chemical sites [33] are also present on the surface. These may play an important role on vulcanisation behaviour. The surface of carbon blacks are also known to contain varying degrees of porosity (from surface area measurements) [48]. 

Chemica.1 Properties. The reactivity of magnesium hydroxide is measured primarily by specific surface area in units of /g and median particle size in p.m. Reactivity ranges from low, 1-2 /g, 5 p.m, eg, Kyowa s product to high, 60-80 /g, 5—25 pm, eg, Barcroft s CPS and CPS-UF... 

Surface Area. Overall catalyst surface area can be determined by the BET method mentioned eadier, but mote specific techniques are requited to determine a catalyst s active surface area. X-ray diffraction techniques can give data from which the average particle si2e and hence the active surface area may be calculated. Or, it may be necessary to find an appropriate gas or Hquid that will adsorb only on the active surface and to measure the extent of adsorption under controUed conditions. In some cases, it maybe possible to measure the products of reaction between a reactive adsorbent and the active site. Radioactively tagged materials are frequentiy usehil in this appHcation. Once a correlation has been estabHshed between either total or active surface area and catalyst performance (particulady activity), it may be possible to use the less costiy method for quaHty assurance purposes. 

It is appropriate to emphasize again that mechanisms formulated on the basis of kinetic observations should, whenever possible, be supported by independent evidence, including, for example, (where appropriate) X-ray diffraction data (to recognize phases present and any topotactic relationships [1257]), reactivity studies of any possible (or postulated) intermediates, conductivity measurements (to determine the nature and mobilities of surface species and defects which may participate in reaction), influence on reaction rate of gaseous additives including products which may be adsorbed on active surfaces, microscopic examination (directions of interface advance, particle cracking, etc.), surface area determinations and any other relevant measurements. 

The STEM Is Ideally suited for the characterization of these materials, because one Is normally measuring high atomic number elements In low atomic number metal oxide matrices, thus facilitating favorable contrast effects for observation of dispersed metal crystallites due to diffraction and elastic scattering of electrons as a function of Z number. The ability to observe and measure areas 2 nm In size In real time makes analysis of many metal particles relatively rapid and convenient. As with all techniques, limitations are encountered. Information such as metal surface areas, oxidation states of elements, chemical reactivity, etc., are often desired. Consequently, additional Input from other characterization techniques should be sought to complement the STEM data. 

Carbon monoxide chemisorption was used to estimate the surface area of metallic iron after reduction. The quantity of CO chemisorbed was determined [6J by taking the difference between the volumes adsorbed in two isotherms at 195 K where there had been an intervening evacuation for at least 30 min to remove the physical adsorption. Whilst aware of its arbitrariness, we have followed earlier workers [6,10,11] in assuming a stoichiometry of Fe CO = 2.1 to estimate and compare the surface areas of metallic iron in our catalysts. As a second index for this comparison we used reactive N2O adsorption, N20(g) N2(g) + O(ads), the method widely applied for supported copper [12]. However, in view of the greater reactivity of iron, measurements were made at ambient temperature and p = 20 Torr, using a static system. 

While our discussion will mainly focus on sifica, other oxide materials can also be used, and they need to be characterized with the same rigorous approach. For example, in the case of meso- and microporous materials such as zeolites, SBA-15, or MCM materials, the pore size, pore distribution, surface composition, and the inner and outer surface areas need to be measured since they can affect the grafting step (and the chemistry thereafter) [5-7]. Some oxides such as alumina or silica-alumina contain Lewis acid centres/sites, which can also participate in the reactivity of the support and the grafted species. These sites need to be characterized and quantified this is typically carried out by using molecular probes (Lewis bases) such as pyridine [8,9],... 

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