While measuring the BET area of various sorbents, I noticed that in some samples desorption curve goes slightly lower than adsorption curve. I wonder whether this is just an artifact or has some physical explanation?

Example: adsorption/desorption curves for N2 on sepiolite (degassed in vacuum at 100 °C for 24 h). BET surface area is 312.9±4.3 m2/g.

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