Structural properties of porous materials and powders used in different fields of science and technology. Volfkovich, Anatoly N. Filippov, Vladimir S. Bagotsky

This book provides a comprehensive and concise description of most important aspects of experimental and theoretical investigations of porous materials and powders, with the use and application of these materials in different fields of science, technology, national economy and environment. It allows the reader to understand the basic regularities of heat and mass transfer and adsorption occurring in qualitatively different porous materials and products, and allows the reader to optimize the functional properties of porous and powdered products and materials. Written in an straightforward and transparent manner, this book is accessible to both experts and those without specialist knowledge, and it is further elucidated by drawings, schemes and photographs. Porous materials and powders with different pore sizes are used in many areas of industry, geology, agriculture and science. These areas include (i) a variety of devices and supplies; (ii) thermal insulation and building materials; (iii) oil-bearing geological, gas-bearing and water-bearing rocks; and (iv) biological objects. __Structural Properties of Porous Materials and Powders Used in Different Fields of Science and Technology__ is intended for a wide-ranging audience specializing in different fields of science and engineering including engineers, geologists, geophysicists, oil and gas producers, agronomists, physiologists, pharmacists, researchers, teachers and students. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Experimental Methods for Investigation of Porous Materials and Powders....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Paper....Pages 9-18 Components of Power Sources/(or of Electrochemical Energetics)....Pages 19-81 Powder Metallurgy....Pages 83-101 Thermal Insulating Materials....Pages 103-128 Characteristics and Structure of Powdered Medical Substances Used in the Pharmaceutical Industry....Pages 129-133 Free Volume and Microporosity in Polymeric Gas Separation Membrane Materials and Sorbents....Pages 135-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Oil and Gas Bearing Rock....Pages 161-181 Determination of Active Porosity in the Field to Solve Problems of Protection of Groundwater Against Pollution....Pages 183-195 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 Food Materials....Pages 199-219 Soils and Plant Roots....Pages 221-249 Hide and Skin of Mammals....Pages 251-264 Front Matter....Pages 265-265 Mathematical Modeling of Filtration Processes in Porous Media....Pages 267-321 Back Matter....Pages 323-328