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ABSTRACT LONG, YUN. Pressure Tensor of Adsorbate in ...

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very large bulk pressure is needed (e.g., ~ 4000 bar for mercury <strong>in</strong> a carbon pore) to push<br />

the adsorbate to <strong>in</strong>trude <strong>in</strong>to the pore, and the adsorbate layer <strong>in</strong> the central region <strong>of</strong> the<br />

pore is equally or even more compressed (by the bulk pressure) than the contact layer,<br />

where the weaker attraction from the wall decreases the degree <strong>of</strong> the compression.<br />

(e) The normal pressure <strong>of</strong> the conf<strong>in</strong>ed phase depends on its compression <strong>in</strong> the normal<br />

direction, and thus depends on the pore size, or more precisely, the match between the<br />

pore size and the adsorbate layer arrangement <strong>in</strong> the normal direction. As a result, the<br />

normal pressure exhibits an oscillation between positive and negative values with<br />

<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g pore size.<br />

(f) The normal pressure <strong>of</strong> adsorbate act<strong>in</strong>g on the wall is also enhanced (by a factor <strong>of</strong> 10 3 ),<br />

but the value can be positive or negative depend<strong>in</strong>g on the pore size. This large normal<br />

pressure also causes deformation <strong>of</strong> the porous material: a positive normal pressure<br />

(strong repulsive force) expands the pore, while a negative normal pressure (strong<br />

attractive force) contracts the pore.<br />

(g) In the cyl<strong>in</strong>drical and spherical pores (wett<strong>in</strong>g system), the pressure enhancement effect is<br />

stronger than that <strong>in</strong> the slit pore <strong>of</strong> the same size. Because <strong>of</strong> the curvature <strong>of</strong> the walls,<br />

the attraction from the wall is enhanced due to more wall atoms <strong>in</strong>teract<strong>in</strong>g strongly with<br />

the adsorbate phase, and thus the adsorbate <strong>in</strong> the cyl<strong>in</strong>drical and spherical pores are<br />

more compressed, which results <strong>in</strong> a larger tangential pressure at the contact layer.<br />

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