On March 12 and 13, the Analytical Core Lab (ACL) is offering a basic training course on the Characterization of Porous Materials by Gas Physisorption Technique.
Porous materials are of great interests due to their various applications for catalysis, gas storage, sensing, and separation. Surface area and porosity as their important physical properties influence their quality and utilities – making it critically important that these characteristics are accurately measured. This training course will cover a number of basic aspects of Gas Physisorption technique. Participants will be introduced to the basic physical adsorption theory, hands-on operation as well as data processing and interpretation.
Monday and Tuesday, March 12-13
Ibn Sina Building (building 3), level 3, room 3320
Course Outline:
- An overview of physical adsorption theory, including surface area as well as mesopore and micropore characterization
- Utilization of ASAP 2420 software features and the programming of sample files to efficiently obtain accurate and reproducible data
- Hands-on training, including full adsorption & desorption isotherm collection using nitrogen
- Data Processing, including BET, BJH, t-plot, H-K, and DFT
For details or to register, visit our website at acl.kaust.edu.sa.
