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. 2023 Jul 23;24(14):11818. doi: 10.3390/ijms241411818

Table 1.

Comparison of the structural parameters of Porod approximation and the SSAXS interfacial area as the porous features of the investigated systems, with the parameters obtained from low-temperature nitrogen sorption data. The surface properties, as pHPZC, are summarized in the last column.

Sample Porod
Approximation
SSAXS e
[m2/g]
Surface Area (SBET)
[m2/g]
Pore Volume
[cm3/g]
pHPZC
KP a Q b
−1]
C0 c S/V d
−1]
SBET_Total f SMIC g VTotal h VMIC i
ChNS_05 1.59 88 −28 0.072 277 244 3.6 0.93 0.001 -
ChNS_1 1.05 67 −23 0.062 219 209 26.0 0.84 0.013 5.2
ChNS_1_GA 1.35 69 −35 0.078 227 214 9.5 0.71 0.003 5.8
ChSG_05 1.59 81 −27 0.078 269 257 - 0.83 - -
ChSG_1 1.40 77 −27 0.072 239 201 8.0 0.70 0.003 6.2
ChSG_1_GA 1.32 78 −23 0.067 190 188 27.7 0.65 0.01 6.5

a Porod constant, b Scattering invariant Q is proportional to the mean-square density fluctuation of scattering volume. Q = 2π2·Δρ2·V where volume V and scattering contrast Δρ, c Bacground constant which illustrates asymptotic decay of the SAXS curve at the high q values, d The surface-to-volume ratio from the ratio of the Porod constant KP to the Porod invariant Q, S/V = 4KP/Q; e Surface area by SAXS calculated by SSAXS=10000·SV [Å1]d [gcm3], where d is the bulk density of the material; f The SBET BET surface area was calculated using experimental points at a relative pressure of (P/P0) 0.035–0.31, where P and P0 are denoted as the equilibrium and saturation pressure of nitrogen; g SMIC, the micropore surface area calculated using the t-plot method with fitted statistical thickness in the range of 3.56 to 4.86 Å, h Vt is the total pore volume calculated using 0.0015468 of the amount of nitrogen adsorbed at P/P0 = 0.99, i VMIC the micropore volume by t-plot.