Variable porosity in siliceous skeletons: Determination and importance

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Abstract

Gas adsorption data were used to obtain the specific surface area and specific pore volume for a variety of biogenically precipitated silica samples. The results suggest that this material is finely divided and porous. This interpretation was corroborated by the use of transmission electron microscopy at magnifications up to 180,000.

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Hurd, D., Wenkam, C., Pankratz, H., and Fugate, J., 1979, Variable porosity in siliceous skeletons: Determination and importance: Science, v. 203, no. 4387, p. 1340-1343, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4387.1340.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Variable porosity in siliceous skeletons: Determination and importance
Series title Science
DOI 10.1126/science.203.4387.1340
Volume 203
Issue 4387
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description 4 p.
First page 1340
Last page 1343
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