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The porous structure of activated carbon, the micropores of which are slit-shaped, makes this adsorbent ideal for processes such as gas separation and gas storage. In the first application, the homogeneous and uniform microporosity of carbon molecular sieves is used to separate gases with relatively similar molecular dimensions but different shape, or gases with similar molecular dimensions but different adsorption kinetics. In the second application, the slit-shaped microporosity is responsible for a larger packing density of adsorbed molecules relative to cylindrically-shaped pores of the same dimensions, thus facilitating the adsorption of high amounts of gas adsorbed per unit volume of carbon, with a high packing density of the adsorbate.
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RODRÍGUEZ-REINOSO, F. (2006). POROUS CARBONS IN GAS SEPARATION AND STORAGE. In: Loureiro, J.M., Kartel, M.T. (eds) Combined and Hybrid Adsorbents. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5172-7_15
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