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We have used the grand canonical Monte Carlo method to study the adsorption and selectivity of mixtures of carbon dioxide with methane and nitrogen at high (i.e., ambient) temperatures in model slit pores with graphitic surfaces. Experimental data, including new high pressure measurements for carbon dioxide and methane on a non-porous graphitic standard, were used to test the potential models. The mixture simulations predict that carbon dioxide is preferentially adsorbed in both systems. The results are discussed in terms of competing energetic and entropic effects and the underlying molecular mechanisms.
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Cracknell, R.F., Nicholson, D., Tennison, S.R. et al. Adsorption and selectivity of carbon dioxide with methane and nitrogen in slit-shaped carbonaceous micropores: Simulation and experiment. Adsorption 2, 193–203 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00128301
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