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Methods of determining porosity of solid materials are described. Since the spectrum of pore size spreads from sub-nanometers to millimeters, appropriate methods should be adopted to adequately determine the volume and size of the pores contained in the solid materials. Representative methods including liquid intrusion and gas adsorption are concisely explained assuming the samples are obtained via sol-gel routes. Recent direct method of determining the three-dimensional configurations of pores and solid parts will also be introduced.
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Nakanishi, K. (2018). Porosity Measurement. In: Klein, L., Aparicio, M., Jitianu, A. (eds) Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32101-1_38
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