Structural Parameters and Related Experimental Techniques

In the following sections, the most common methods are described in detail with special emphasis on their limitations and merits as well as the basic equations applied for the evaluation of the respective experimental data. 

Solid and void fraction Pore size Backbone entity size Pore connectivity Backbone connectivity [nterfacial characteristics Backbone composition and structure 

Porosity Mass density Average pore size Pore size distribution Particle size Surface area Surface roughness Surface groups  

Macroscopic volume and mass Gas sorption SEM Static or d3mamic fluid permeation Sound velocity measurement Wetting EDX 

Immersion in liquid Mercury porosimetry TEM Beam baiding Measurement of the elastic modulus IR spectroscopy IR spectrocopy 

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