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Table 1 Surface areas and pore volumes of Basolite C300 and nanocrystalline Cu3BTC2 computed based on the N2 physisorption at 77 K

From: Incorporation of Cu3BTC2 nanocrystals to increase the permeability of polymeric membranes in O2/N2 separation

Sample

SBET[a] (m2/g)

SLANG[a] (m2/g)

Smicro[b] (m2/g)

Vmicro[b] (cc/g)

Vtotal[c] (cc/g)

Basolite C300

1438

1871

0.641

1387

0.699

Cu3BTC2

1425

1872

0.639

1374

0.715

  1. Note: [a] Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) and Langmuir surface area were calculated based on P/Po = 0.05–0.2; [b] Micropore surface area and volume were calculated using the t-plot method, based on P/Po = 0.4–0.6; [c] Total pore volume was calculated at P/Po = 0.99
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BMC Chemical Engineering

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