Multistation Gas/Vapour Adsorption Analysis System

气体吸附研究为现代研究各种固体材料提供了丰富的关键信息。固体吸附的气体量、吸附方式和吸附能量都提供了有关固体微观结构的重要数据，包括表面积、孔径和表面上的化学位点。这种基本方法具有广泛的应用，并且在此应用中影响的研究涵盖碳捕获和储存、天然气净化、新催化剂、更好的电池电极、更好的水泥以及更好的石油提取方法。这六个规模庞大的申请团队横跨科学和工程的三个系。一个非常有用的技术带来了高需求。再加上实验的冗长性质，意味着现有设备的排队难以管理。目前的要求是一个6样品气体吸附分析仪，以消除多个月的研究瓶颈。它将把大学的无障碍分析能力从8个提高到14个。它还将使现有的一台设备能够进行转换，以专注于关键但非常耗时的吸水分析。在真实的世界系统中，吸水性是气体分离和材料性能（例如烟道气、防水、电极溢流）的关键补充数据，该大学不存在专门的仪器。

Gas adsorption studies provide a wealth of key information for the modern study of a wide range of solid materials. The amount of gas adsorbed by a solid, how it is adsorbed and the energy with which it is adsorbed all provide important data on the microstructure of a solid including surface area, pore sizes and chemical sites on the surfaces. Such a fundamental method has wide application and the research impacted in this application spans carbon capture and storage, natural gas purification, new catalysts, better electrodes for batteries, better cement, and better ways to extract oil. The six sizeable applicant teams span three departments in science and engineering. A highly useful technique brings high demand. This coupled with the lengthy nature of experiments means unmanageable queues for existing equipment. The present request is for a 6-sample gas adsorption analyzer to remove multi-month research bottlenecks. It will raise the accessible analysis capacity at the university from 8 to 14 stations. It will also permit an existing piece of equipment to be converted to focus on critical, but very time-consuming, water sorption analyses. Water sorption is a key complementary piece of data for gas separation and materials performance (e.g. flue gas, water proofing, electrode flooding) in real world systems and a devoted instrument does not exist at the university.