Direct assessment of molecular transport in mordenite: dominance of surface resistances
Lei Zhang1, Christian Chmelik, Adri N C van Laak
1Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 21, 2009
Abstract:
For the first time, macroscopic and microscopic diffusion measurements were combined for a single system: n-hexane in mordenite. Using tapered element oscillating microbalance and IR microimaging results, we unequivocally proved the dominant role of surface barriers for molecular transport.
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