Table 3.
Results of measurements of pores with their average values for individual samples before and after the carbonization process.
| No | M1 | M2 | M3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUR Foam | Carbon Foam | PUR Foam | Carbon Foam | PUR Foam | Carbon Foam | |||||||
| Pore Surface Area (μm2) | Diameter (μm) | Pore Surface Area (μm2) | Diameter (μm) | Pore Surface Area (μm2) | Diameter (μm) | Pore Surface Area (μm2) | Diameter (μm) | Pore Surface Area (μm2) | Diameter (μm) | Pore Surface Area (μm2) | Diameter (μm) | |
| 1 | 97,520.46 | 352.37 | 59,990.33 | 276.37 | 2711.01 | 58.75 | 83,763.85 | 326.58 | 13,233.89 | 129.81 | 273,639.52 | 590.26 |
| 2 | 107,186.59 | 369.42 | 38,510.23 | 221.43 | 89,490.59 | 337.55 | 1606.32 | 45.22 | 180,199.34 | 479.00 | 5194.92 | 81.33 |
| 3 | 62,189.51 | 281.39 | 115,047.05 | 382.73 | 10,404.92 | 115.10 | 17,207.80 | 148.02 | 20,029.96 | 159.70 | 6179.65 | 88.70 |
| 4 | 157,711.91 | 448.11 | 28,889.18 | 191.79 | 33,899.83 | 207.76 | 2353.18 | 54.74 | 16,983.02 | 147.05 | 4642.09 | 76.88 |
| 5 | 196,493.51 | 500.18 | 42,015.50 | 231.29 | 55,088.03 | 264.84 | 731.61 | 30.52 | 90,579.10 | 339.60 | 1109.46 | 37.58 |
| 6 | 249,530.92 | 563.66 | 46,254.14 | 242.68 | 1010.09 | 35.86 | 2973.95 | 61.53 | 67,983.82 | 294.21 | 21,120.36 | 163.99 |
| 7 | 45,102.33 | 239.64 | 13,096.91 | 129.13 | 541.63 | 26.26 | 350.49 | 21.12 | 23,610.93 | 173.39 | 1993.17 | 50.38 |
| 8 | 102,286.87 | 360.88 | 5577.95 | 84.27 | 3495.81 | 66.72 | 6605.57 | 91.71 | 21,350.88 | 164.88 | 20,057.73 | 159.81 |
| 9 | 487,505.34 | 787.85 | 100,703.15 | 358.08 | 6724.97 | 92.53 | 5380.37 | 82.77 | 34,864.18 | 210.69 | 13,464.69 | 130.93 |
| 10 | 15,550.58 | 140.71 | 14,526.76 | 136.00 | 53,163.67 | 260.17 | 1228.88 | 39.56 | 33,329.07 | 206.00 | 14,091.31 | 133.95 |
| 11 | 18,946.79 | 155.32 | 1472.20 | 43.30 | 289,159.87 | 606.77 | 61,623.62 | 280.11 | ||||
| 12 | 7537.86 | 97.97 | 116.15 | 12.16 | 66,044.31 | 289.98 | 16,768.29 | 146.12 | ||||
| 13 | 16,868.42 | 146.55 | 2049.94 | 51.09 | 52,147.71 | 257.68 | 8777.39 | 105,72 | ||||
| 14 | 24,425.32 | 176.35 | 1963.34 | 50.00 | 637.37 | 90.07 | 14,638.55 | 136.52 | ||||
| 15 | 3934.86 | 70.78 | 250.68 | 17.87 | 142,769.16 | 426.36 | 42,258.55 | 231.96 | ||||
| 16 | 3080.29 | 62.63 | 3187.86 | 63.71 | 45,720.10 | 241.27 | 11,001.62 | 118.35 | ||||
| 17 | 1830.45 | 48.28 | 2394.84 | 55.22 | 96,958.92 | 351.36 | 34,567.34 | 209.79 | ||||
| 18 | 7884.70 | 100.20 | 283.77 | 19.01 | 23,223.00 | 171.95 | 16,142.48 | 143.36 | ||||
| 19 | 86,203.48 | 331.30 | 302.15 | 19.61 | 19,763.89 | 158.63 | 5681.30 | 85.05 | ||||
| 20 | 751.90 | 30.94 | 727.25 | 30.43 | 47,112.65 | 244.92 | 355,229.23 | 672.53 | ||||
| average | 152,107.80 | 404.42 | 46,461.12 | 225.38 | 21,399.73 | 134.29 | 6747.51 | 63.21 | 64,571.76 | 257.17 | 46,409.06 | 182.17 |