Area of surface42 | ,, | |
Specific surface area (= surface area per unit mass)43 | ,, | |
Thickness of surface layer | ||
Superscript, indicating quantities referring to the surface layer or interfacial layer | ||
Volume of interfacial layer | ||
Subscript, indicating quantities relating to monolayer capacity | ||
Surface coverage (= amount of adsorbed substance divided by monolayer capacity) | ||
Area per molecule in complete monolayer of substance | ||
Superscript, indicating excess quantities referring to the Gibbs surface | ||
Surface excess amount, Gibbs adsorption of component ( ) | ||
Total surface excess amount (of adsorbed substance) | ||
Gibbs surface concentration, surface excess concentration | ||
Total Gibbs surface concentration, total surface excess concentration | ||
Surface excess number of molecules (of component ) | ||
Surface excess mass (of component ) | ||
Relative adsorption of component with respect to component 1
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Reduced adsorption (of component )
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Total concentration in phase | ||
Area per molecule in surface | , | |
Co-area per molecule in surface | , | |
Gibbs surface concentration (for solid/liquid systems) of component , relative to a reference system with the same number of moles (reduced adsorption) | ||
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Relative adsorption (for solid/liquid systems) | ||
( for binary system) | ||
Gibbs surface concentration (for solid/liquid systems) of component , relative to a reference system with the same volume of liquid ( ) | ||
Surface excess volume of gas calculated for 273.15 K and 101.325 kPa (0 and 1 atm) | ||
Amount of adsorbed component (= amount of component in the interfacial layer) | ||
Total amount of adsorbed substance | ||
Monolayer capacity expressed as amount of substance | ||
Monolayer capacity expressed in volume of gas calculated for 273.15 K and 101.325 kPa |