Spontaneous imbibition of liquids into nanopores

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Publikationsdatum
2005-12
Sprache
English
Author
Huber, Patrick orcid-logo
Knorr, Klaus 
Kityk, Andriy V. 
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/13151
First published in
MRS online proceedings library 
Number in series
899
Start Page
199
End Page
204
Citation
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 899: 199-204 (2005)
Contribution to Conference
MRS Fall Meeting, 2005 
Publisher DOI
10.1557/proc-0899-n09-07
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-34249947551
Publisher
MRS
We present measurements on the spontaneous imbibition of water, a linear hydrocarbon (n-C15H34) and a liquid crystal (8OCB) into the pore space of monolithic, nanoporous Vycor glass (mean pore radius 5nm). Measurements of the mass uptake as a function of time, m(t), are in good agreement with the Lucas-Washbum √t -prediction typical of imbibition of liquids into porous hosts. The relative capillary rise velocities scale as expected from the bulk fluid parameters.
DDC Class
530: Physik