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Sorption of water and ethanol pure vapours and vapour mixtures by four hardwoods
Water is a universal solvent and swelling agent that is widely used in wood industry in association with organic solvents and salts, whether for the...
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Water vapour sorption and moisture transport in and across fibre direction of wood
Water vapour sorption experiments are frequently used to characterise the absorption and desorption of water in wood. To evaluate whether water...
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Water vapour permeability of inorganic construction materials
Water vapour permeability (WVP) data on brick, stone, plaster and cement-based materials from some seventy publications are reviewed and assessed....
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Bridging materials innovations to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting devices
The atmosphere contains 13,000 trillion litres of water, and it is a natural resource available anywhere. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting...
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Effect of acetylation on wood-water interactions studied by sorption calorimetry
Sorption of water has a profound effect on the material properties of wood. The uptake of water vapour in wood and other materials releases more heat...
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Sorbents, processes and applications beyond water production in sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting
Growth in the global population and the modernization of human society, along with ever-worsening climate change, is pushing already scarce...
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Water Vapour Transport in Biopolymeric Materials: Effects of Thickness and Water Vapour Pressure Gradient on Yeast Biomass-Based Films
Biopolymer-based films are hydrophilic biodegradable matrices that exhibit poor water vapour barrier. Ideally, water vapour permeability does not...
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Thermal modelling and performance evaluation of a low-grade heat-driven sorption-based atmospheric water generator under various weather conditions
Drinking water is scarce in many regions of the world despite the omnipresence of water in the form of vapour in large quantities in the atmosphere....
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Review: interaction of water vapour with wood and other hygro-responsive materials
The purpose of this review is to report on the state-of-the-art on the interaction of moisture with natural materials and fabricated biomimetic...
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Heat and Mass Transfer in Hygroscopic Porous Media: Consequences of Invoking Tóth’s Sorption Isotherm
The thermal performance of ventilated beds of hygroscopic porous media depends strongly on the sorption properties of the solid phase. Furthermore,...
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Selective sorption of oxygen and nitrous oxide by an electron donor-incorporated flexible coordination network
Incorporating strong electron donor functionality into flexible coordination networks is intriguing for sorption applications due to a built-in...
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Moisture sorption characteristics and modelling of babool (Acacia nilotica) gum
BackgroundThe study of sorption isotherm is the most important for prediction of shelf life, selection of packaging materials, drying...
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Adsorption and desorption ability of divalent mercury from an interactive bicomponent sorption system using hybrid granular activated carbon
The sequestration of heavy metals from multicomponent sorption media has become critical due to the noxious effects of heavy metals on the natural...
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Thermodynamics of Moisture Vapor Sorption and Mechanical Characterization of Methylcellulose and Ethylcellulose Based Films
The thermodynamic parameters of moisture sorption isotherms and the mechanical behavior of ethylcellulose and methylcellulose based films were...
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Insights into the interfacial transfer impedance behavior of moisture and dynamics of sorption diffusion in dried tobacco leaves surface
Moisture sorption and diffusion processes of plant fiber materials have a significant impact on their properties and product quality in healthcare,...
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Hybrid Refrigeration System Hypothesis Using Vapour Compression and Metal Hydride Refrigeration systems—A Review
The conventional refrigeration systems used for an almost indefinite amount of time durations consume a vast portion of any household or...
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Study on equilibrium moisture sorption characteristics and modeling of Karaya (Sterculia urens Roxb.) gum
BackgroundKaraya gum is heavily acetylated polysaccharide and used for medicinal purposes as a bulk-forming laxative. It is also used in the paper...
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Measurement of the water vapour permeability of earth plasters using small-scale wind tunnels under variable air flow regimes
To determine the water vapour permeability of porous building materials, the wet cup and dry cup tests are frequently performed. Those tests have...
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Comprehensive Surface Characterization of Cellulose-Based Tissues Using Sorption Techniques
The applicability and capability of sorption techniques for comprehensive surface characterization of fibres including natural fibres,...
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Two-Dimensional Carbon-Based Materials for Sorption of Selected Aromatic Compounds in Water
The availability of clean water is of pressing concern in develo** countries and has been a key area of focus for research and development...