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Experimental Study of the Relationship Between Particle Size and Methane Sorption Capacity in Shale
Published on: August 2, 2018
Crystal engineering of nonporous organic solids for methane sorption
Praveen K Thallapally1, Trevor B Wirsig, Leonard J Barbour
1Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Abstract:
The low density polymorph of the well-known host p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene absorbs more methane than p-tert-pentylcalix[4]arene at room temperature and 1 atm pressure, but the order of absorption is reversed at 38 atm with p-tert-pentylcalix[4]arene absorbing more.
