This in-depth reference offers an overview of the recent theoretical and practical results achieved in gas—solid (G/S), liquid—solid (L/S), and gas—liquid (G/L) adsorption research. It emphasizes the interpretation and application of various hypotheses to provide mathematically and thermodynamically accurate assessments, exploring simple adsorption processes and complicated self-assembly phenomena.

Adsorption shows how to calculate mono- or multi-layer adsorption in the measurement of a G/L, G/S, or L/S isotherm; discusses the structure of an adsorbed layer, changes in free energy of surfaces, recent advances in rare-gas adsorption, supercritical region isotherms, hydrophobic solid—water interfaces, and more.

From the Preface: “This book presents some apparent divergences, that is, content branches off in many directions. This fact is reflected in the titles of the chapters and the methods applied in discussing the problems of physical adsorption. It is not accidental. I aimed to prove that the problems of physical adsorption, in spite of the ramified research fields, have similar or identical roots. These statements mean that this book is 1) diverse, but still unified, and 2) classical, but still modern...”

Target Audience: Physical, analytical, surface, colloid, organic, polymer, oil, and medicinal chemists and biochemists; chemical and manufacturing engineers in the paint, pigment, paper, textile, detergent, and cosmetic industries; environmental scientists; toxicologists; microbiologists; industrial and research pharmacists; food scientists; and upper-level students concerned with adsorption.

Table of Contents:

Uniform and Thermodynamically Consistent Interpretation of Adsorption Isotherms

Adsorption on Heterogeneous Surfaces

Models for the Pore-Size Distribution of Microporous Materials from a Single Adsorption Isotherm

Adsorption Isotherms for the Supercritical Region

Irreversible Adsorption of Particles

Multicomponent Adsorption: Principles and Models

Rare-Gas Adsorption

Ab Fine Problems in Physical Chemistry and the Analysis of Adsorption—Desorption Kinetics

Stochastic Modeling of Adsorption Kinetics

Adsorption from Liquid Mixtures on Solid Surfaces

Surface Complexation Models of Adsorption: A Critical Survey in the Context of Experimental Data

Adsorption from Electrolyte Solutions

Polymer Adsorption at Solid Surfaces

Modeling of Protein Adsorption Equilibrium at Hydrophobic Solid—Water Interfaces

Protein Adsorption Kinetics

Index