Water thermoporosimetry as a tool of characterization of the textural parameters of mesoporous materials: Refinement of the methodology

Abstract

Water thermoporosimetry (TPM) is a powerful method for studying the properties of porous materials, devoted especially for investigation of the samples that can be destroyed in drying process. However, this method is not very popular and relatively rarely used because of problems with proper measurement procedure and choosing correct equation for the result interpretation. This report focused on refinement of general experimental protocols for water TPM. For the first time, the role of various parameters on the TPM outcomes was deeply investigated and simple and fast experimental mode was proposed. Additionally, based on the series of mesoporous silica SBA-15, the calibration procedure was employed and the reliable calibration equations were established.