Aspects of vapor adsorption on solids

David Beaglehole

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1997, vol. 244, issue 1, 40-44

Abstract: The paper describes three unexpected phenomena which were observed during studies of the vapour adsorption onto solids. A quadratic variation of the adsorption of water onto borosilicate glass is found at low pressures. Water films condensed onto mica start to conduct electricity at a thickness of almost exactly one monolayer, with fluctuations in the conductivity in the region of onset. Diffusion through a background atmosphere slows the adsorption process and asymetrical fluctuations in thickness are observed.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00226-4

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