manganese (?) complex with 2, 2? bipyridine, 1, 1? dioxide (bpdo) ligand was immobilized within nanoreactors of mcm-41. the immobilized complex was characterized by powder x-ray diffraction (xrd), nitrogen adsorption desorption, and ftir. the pore volume, surface area and pore diameter of mcm-41 decreased after immobilization of mn complex. three bands observed at 1250, 1220 cm?1 and 757 cm?1 a...

Characterization of the intragranular water regime within subsurface sediments: Pore volume, surface area, and mass transfer limitations" (2011). [1] Although ''intragranular'' pore space within grain aggregates, grain fractures, and mineral surface coatings may contain a relatively small fraction of the total porosity within a porous medium, it often contains a significant fraction of the reac...

Studies on the properties and applications of rubber cement-based materials are well documented. The sizes of rubbers used in these materials varied. However, information about the effects of rubber size on the properties of rubber cement-based materials, especially pore structure, mechanical strengths, and drying shrinkage properties, remains limited. Three groups of rubber with major particle...

We use a new volume-of-fluid based finite-volume method to model two-phase flow through simple pore geometries and study the mechanisms controlling two-phase flow at the pore scale. The numerical model is used to study layer flow and snap-off, and investigate the effect of geometry and flow rate on trapping and mobilization of the disconnected ganglia. Furthermore, a new variable, the capillary...

N-Methyl-Nʹ-propyltrimethoxysillylimidazolium chloride was prepared as ionic liquid (IL) containing silylating agent and then used for modification of the internal surface of SBA-15 to gain a heterogeneous ionic liquid catalyst. Subsequently, the obtained SBA-IL was characterized using various techniques, including SEM and TEM images, FT-IR, X-ray diffraction, TGA/DTA and BET ...

We report a facile method to synthesize hollow silica microtubes (SMTs) from electrospun cellulose acetate fiber precursors. Specific surface areas of up to 765 m/g (Brunauer–Emmett–Teller) were measured for the SMTs, which had a typical wall thickness of 100 nm and submicron inner diameters. An average pore size of 4.6 nm and pore volume of 0.41 cm/g were derived from Barrett–Joyner–Halenda fi...

A major goal of metal-organic framework (MOF) research is the expansion of pore size and volume. Although many approaches have been attempted to increase the pore size of MOF materials, it is still a challenge to construct MOFs with precisely customized pore apertures for specific applications. Herein, we present a new method, namely linker labilization, to increase the MOF porosity and pore si...

Tetraethoxy orthosilicate (TEOS) was used not only as a precursor of silica, but also as an agent which reinforces the skeleton of silica-gel to prepare an aerogel and resultant silica and silica-alumina with large pore size and pore volume. In this gel skeletal reinforcement, the strength of silica aerogel skeleton was enhanced by aging with TEOS/2-propanol mixed solution to prevent the shrink...

We propose a methodology to propagate uncertainties in seismic pore pressure prediction using a 3-D Probabilistic Mechanical Earth Model (P-MEM). An extended form of Bowers formula is used to link pore pressure to seismic velocity, overburden stress, porosity and clay volume. Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs) for all input variables are stored as attributes in the 3-D MEM. An output PDF...

The mechanical behavior of compressible clay soils may be strongly influenced by physicochemical effects when concentrated pore fluids are introduced to the soil. Conceptual models have been used to explain the influence of pore fluid chemistry on the mechanical behavior of clays in a qualitative way. In this paper an alternate macroscopic description of the osmotic volume change behavior of a ...