Abstract
DR. BRUNAUER has given in this, the first part of a work designed to cover all the phenomena of adsorption of gases on solids, by far the most thorough and comprehensive account that has yet appeared. It deals mainly with what is often called 'physical' adsorption, that is, adsorption in which the bulk of the adsorbate is held to the surface by van der Waals' forces, and the gas is below its critical temperature; but sufficient reference is made to 'chemisorption', where co-valent forces come into play, to put the whole subject of adsorption into proper perspective.
The Adsorption of Gases and Vapours
By Stephen Brunauer. Vol. 1: Physical Adsorption. Pp. vii + 511. (London: Oxford University Press, 1944.) 35s. net.
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ADAM, N. The Adsorption of Gases and Vapours. Nature 155, 154–155 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155154a0
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