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. 2020 Feb 7;124(9):5225–5240. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11790

Table 6. Different Types of Porosities Determined Based on the PSDs of Saturated (Microporosity, ϕmicro, Mesoporosity, ϕmeso, Macroporosity, ϕmacro, Total Porosity), Dry (Closed Porosity), and Differential Data of Saturated and Dry Samples (Open Porosity).

    porosity value (%)
porosity type pore size range AK1 AK2 AK3 AK4
microporosity, ϕmicro <2 nm 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
mesoporosity, ϕmeso 2–50 nm 0.63 0.53 0.92 0.95
macroporosity, ϕmacro 50–280 nm 0.44 0.27 0.69 0.52
  0.280–1.4 μm 0.92 0.21 0.31 0.38
  1.4–4 μm 0.32 0.05 0.05 0.10
  4–40 μm 0.009 0 0 0.007
  0–40 μm (total ϕmacro) 1.691 0.531 1.056 1.015
total porosity 0–40 μm 2.34 1.08 1.99 1.98
closed porosity 0–40 μm 1.22 0.65 1.31 1.31
open porosity 0–40 μm 1.2 ± 0.1 0.44 ± 0.09 1.0 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.1