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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2009 Jul 1;113(31):13906–13917. doi: 10.1021/jp902736z

Table 4.

Ammonia and nitrogen adsorption capacity of Cu3(BTC)2

Cu3(BTC)2 Sample Adsorbate Relative Pressure Capacity1
(cc/g-adsorbent)
Dry Unexposed Ammonia 0.000145 218.02
Dry Unexposed Nitrogen 0.000145 3013
Dry Once Exposed Ammonia 0.000145 106.5
Dry Once Exposed Nitrogen 0.000145 0.20
1

Capacity at Pi/Ps = 0.000145, equivalent to 1000 mg/m3 (1.093 mm Hg) NH3, Psat = 7500.0 mm Hg at 298 K, Vm (NH3) = 24.78 l/mol at 298 K.

2

Ammonia capacity at 298 K determined from breakthrough measurements (see Table 2).

3

Nitrogen volume adsorbed corrected to 298 K. See supplemental data S1.