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. 2022 Oct 18;12(10):1009. doi: 10.3390/membranes12101009
f fugacity (Pa)
GR residual Gibbs energy (J)
GAR residual Gibbs energy of the adsorbed phase (J)
K dimensionless Henry law constant (–)
KP Henry law constant (mol kg–1 Pa–1)
ni adsorbed amount of component i (mol kg–1)
nisat saturation capacity of component i (mol kg–1)
N number of moles (mol)
Nj number of moles of species j (mol)
Nr size of lattice in mole equivalents (mol)
mj mass of species j (kg)
mS mass of solid (kg)
Mwi molecular mass of species i (kg mol–1)
P pressure (Pa)
P0 reference pressure (Pa)
P˜ reduced pressure (–)
P* characteristic pressure of the mixture (Pa)
Pi* characteristic pressure of component i pure (Pa)
PiA* characteristic pressure of component i in the adsorbed phase (Pa)
PS* characteristic pressure of the solid (Pa)
Pij* pair characteristic pressure (Pa)
r average number of mers in a molecule (–)
rj number of mers in molecule j in the mixture (–)
rj0 number of mers in molecule j pure (–)
R ideal gas constant (J mol–1 K–1)
T temperature (K)
T˜ reduced temperature (–)
T* characteristic temperature of the mixture (K)
Ti* characteristic temperature of component i pure (K)
TS* characteristic temperature of the solid (K)
v˜ reduced molar volume (–)
v* average close-packed volume of mers in a mixture (m3 mer-mol–1)
vj* close-packed volume of mers molecule j pure (m3 mer-mol–1)
vjA* close-packed volume of mers molecule j in the adsorbed phase (m3 mer-mol–1)
V volume of the lattice (m3)
V* close-packed volume for the mixture (m3)
VS volume of the solid (m3)
wj mass fraction of species j (–)
xi mole fraction of species i in the adsorbed phase (–)
yi mole fraction of species i in the fluid phase (–)
z compressibility factor (–)
zEoS compressibility factor derived from the Helmholtz energy (–)