화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol.96, No.6, 1916-1922, 2013
Evaluating Pore Space in Macroporous Ceramics with Water-Based Porosimetry
We show that water-based porosimetry (WBP), a facile, simple, and nondestructive porosimetry technique, accurately evaluates both the pore size distribution and throat size distribution of sacrificially templated macroporous alumina. The pore size distribution and throat size distribution derived from the WBP evaluation in uptake (imbibition) and release (drainage) mode, respectively, were corroborated by mercury porosimetry and X-ray micro-computed tomography (-CT). In contrast with mercury porosimetry, the WBP also provided information on the presence of dead-end pores in the macroporous alumina.