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The adsorption of binary mixtures containing particles A and B on homogeneous substrates is studied by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, quasi-chemical approximation (QCA), and exact counting of states on finite cells (we call this approach cluster approximation, CA). The energies involved in the adsorption model are five: (1) \(\epsilon_A,\) interaction energy between an A particle and a lattice site; (2) \(\epsilon_B,\) interaction energy between a B particle and a lattice site; (3) \(w_{AA},\) nearest-neighbor interaction energy between two A particles; (4) \(w_{AB}\) (=\(w_{BA}\)), nearest-neighbor interaction energy between an A particle and a B particle and (5) \(w_{BB}\), nearest-neighbor interaction energy between two B particles. The process is monitored by following the coverage of both species with the simultaneous increasing of the individual chemical potentials of each mixture component. A non-trivial interdependence between the partial adsorption isotherms was observed and discussed in the context of the lattice-gas theory. The theoretical formalism is used to model experimental data of methane-carbon dioxide mixtures adsorbed on activated carbon. In addition, an excellent agreement was obtained between theoretical and MC simulation results. This finding evidences the usefulness of CA and QCA as a starting point to predict the behavior of a system governed by a large number of parameters.
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Curves corresponding to QCA and CA are indistinguishable for these values of interaction energy.
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This work was supported in part by CONICET (Argentina) under Project PIP 112-201101-00615; Universidad Nacional de San Luis (Argentina) under Project 322000; Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional San Rafael (Argentina) under Project PID UTN 3542 and the National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion (Argentina) under Project PICT-2013-1678. S.V.F.O. would like to thank to engineer Alfredo Serra for the motivational talks with him and to the students of the degree in Business Administration for the support received.
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Sanchez-Varretti, F.O., Pasinetti, P.M., Bulnes, F.M. et al. Adsorption of laterally interacting gas mixtures on homogeneous surfaces. Adsorption 23, 651–662 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-017-9885-2
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