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Gas Transport in Porous Media: Simulations and Experiments on Partially Densified Aerogels

Anwar Hasmy, Isabelle Beurroies, Daniel Bourret, Rémi Jullien

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9504043

Abstract

The experimental density dependence of gas (argon and nitrogen) permeability of partially densified silica aerogels in the Knudsen regime is quantitatively accounted for by a computer model. The model simulates both the structure of the sintered material and the random ballistic motion of a point particle inside its voids. The same model is also able to account for the densit y dependence of the specific pore surface as measured from nitrogen adsorption experiments.

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