Open AccessThe adsorption of gas by charcoal, silica, and other substances
Author(s) -
Henry Briggs
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1921.0073
Subject(s) - activated charcoal , adsorption , laboratory flask , charcoal , work (physics) , nitrogen gas , liquid nitrogen , nitrogen , waste management , chemical engineering , process engineering , environmental science , chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , mechanical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry
The experimental work here described was carried out on behalf of the Oxygen Research Committee and the Mine Rescue Apparatus Research Committee of the Scientific and Industrial Research Department. The main object of the experiments was to investigate the possibility of obtaining a non-inflammable substitute for the activated charcoal used in metal vacuum flasks intended for holding liquid air. The work was eventually extended so as to include an examination into some of the more theoretical aspects of gas adsorption. The special problems presented by the metal vacuum vessel made it necessary to pay particular attention to the adsorption of nitrogen at liquid air temperature. Many measurements have also been made using hydrogen.