Langmuir, Vol.11, No.3, 931-935, 1995
Structure of Adsorption Centers on a Carbosil Surface Deduced from H-1 Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance Spectroscopy Data of Adsorbed Benzene and Water-Molecules
The structure of benzene and water adsorption complexes on a complex carbon-silica adsorbent (carbosil) surface was studied by H-1 NMR spectroscopy. The adsorbent was obtained by pyrolysis of CH2Cl2 at 500 degrees C on the surface of pyrogeneous silica (Aerosil-300). Disordered fragments of graphite planes were found to be adsorption centers for benzene molecules. Water molecules are sorbed on the residual hydroxyl groups of silica as well as at oxygen-containing adsorption centers of the carbon material. The thicknesses of the solvation shells of benzene and water of initial aerosil and carbon black particles were determined.