Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-05-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
13 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.72.041602
Using grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations, we have explored the phenomenon of capillary condensation (CC) of Ar at the triple temperature inside infinitely long, cylindrical pores. Pores of radius R= 1 nm, 1.7 nm and 2.5 nm have been investigated, using a gas-surface interaction potential parameterized by the well-depth D of the gas on a planar surface made of the same material as that comprising the porous host. For strongly attractive situations, i.e., large D, one or more (depending on R) Ar layers adsorb successively before liquid fills the pore. For very small values of D, in contrast, negligible adsorption occurs at any pressure P below saturated vapor pressure P0; above saturation, there eventually occurs a threshold value of P at which the coverage jumps from empty to full, nearly discontinuously. Hysteresis is found to occur in the simulation data whenever abrupt CC occurs, i.e. for R>= 1.7 nm, and for small D when R=1nm. Then, the pore-emptying branch of the adsorption isotherm exhibits larger N than the pore-filling branch, as is known from many experiments and simulation studies. The relation between CC and wetting on planar surfaces is discussed in terms of a threshold value of D, which is about one-half of the value found for the wetting threshold on a planar surface. This finding is consistent with a simple thermodynamic model of the wetting transition developed previously.
Cole Milton W.
Gatica Silvina M.
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