I am currently working with zeolite material for partial oxidation of methane. Then I bump into a problem finding out why do we use BJH desorption to calculate pore size distribution?
Hi, after being struggling to read some publications, I would also like to add some references to help others to understand this problem because this problem was rose almost 5 years ago.
When you obtain an isotherm with a hysteresis feature (commonly it is a Type 4 isotherm) in nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis (NADA), you are probably encountering adsorbents with complicated textures as well as capillary condensation caused by the occurrence of fluid-wall attraction and fluid-fluid interaction, resulting in a delayed vapour-liquid transition. That is, the equilibrium of vapour-liquid transition is commonly associated with desorption.
This is how I understand this question (I cannot 100% for sure), and I hope anyone who has the same question as me in the future can be helped.
I've attached a link to a paper (written by Thommes and Cychosz) that may help you: Article Physical adsorption characterization of nanoporous materials...