Journal of Thermodynamics & Catalysis
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Abstract

Energetic and Thermodynamic Analysis of Adsorption Isotherm Type VI of Xenon on Graphite Nanotubes

Manel Ben Yahia, Mohamed Ben Yahia, Fatma Aouaini and Abdemottaleb Ben Lamine

New theoretical expressions for the modeling of adsorption isotherms of Xenon on Graphite at 110 K have been established. The establishment of these new expressions is based on statistical physics formalism and some working assumptions. This method allowed estimation of physico-chemical parameters in the theoretical model. The parameters intervening in the adsorption process have been deduced directly from experimental adsorption isotherm by numerical simulation. The proposed models allow a good correlation to Type VI experimental isotherms. We mainly introduce three parameters affecting the adsorption process, namely, the density of Xenon receptor sites NM, the number of molecules per site n and the Xenon adsorption energy. Then we apply the model to calculate thermodynamics functions which govern the adsorption mechanism such as entropy, free enthalpy and internal energy.