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Modern N2 sorption porosimeters are very sophisticated and generally reliable. Typically they come supplied with customized user-friendly software which enables the experimental data to be readily computed using the above models and mathematical expressions. Usually the raw isotherm data is displayed graphically along with various forms of the derived pore size distribution curve and tabulated data for surface area, pore volume and average pore diameter. 

Suitable test procedures often are supplied with canned" pilot plants. In general, pilot plant experimentation is a profession in itself, and the more sophistication brought to bear on it the more efficiently can the work be done. In some areas the basic relations are known so well that experimentation suffices to evaluate a few parameters in a mathematical model. This is not the book to treat the subject of experimentation, but the literature is extensive. These books may be helpful to start ... 

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