IP Library Granted Patent US 9,645,069
Granted Patent B2
US 9,645,069 · App. 14/853,476 · Granted May 9, 2017

Adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus

Inventors: Masahiko Matsukata (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Nakai (Osaka, JP); Masayuki Yoshida (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: Waseda University; MicrotracBEL Corp.
G01N15/088G01N2015/0866
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Patent No.
US 9,645,069
App. No.
14/853,476
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to the invention supplies a predetermined adsorption gas to a film formed body as a sample accommodated in a sample tube to measure adsorption characteristics. In the inside of the sample tube, a void between an inner wall surface of the sample tube and the sample is filled with a particle-like filler having higher thermal conductivity than the adsorption gas under a measurement pressure. In addition, a glass rod as a dead volume reducing rod, a spacer ring for forming a thermal insulation space between the particle-like filler and the glass rod, and a reflective plate for reflecting radiant heat are disposed.

Claims (17)

1. An adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus that supplies a predetermined adsorption gas to a sample accommodated in a sample tube to measure an adsorption isotherm, the apparatus comprising:

a refrigerant container that is filled with a constant temperature refrigerant having the sample tube immersed therein;

a fitting portion that is provided at an opening of the sample tube;

an adsorption gas supply portion that supplies the adsorption gas;

a manifold that is connected via an on-off valve for the sample tube to the fitting portion;

a manifold pressure gauge that detects a pressure of the manifold;

a sample tube pressure gauge that detects an internal pressure of the sample tube; and

a measurement controller that calculates the adsorption isotherm based on a change in the internal pressure of the sample tube, wherein

the sample is a film formed body or a formed body, and

a space between an inner wall surface of the sample tube and the sample is filled with a particle-like filler having higher thermal conductivity than the adsorption gas under a measurement pressure.

2. The adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the particle-like filler is metal particles.

3. The adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the particle-like filler is aluminum particles.

4. The adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inside of the sample tube is disposed with: a dead volume reducing rod that is made of the same material as the sample tube to reduce an upper dead volume of a sample-side region which is a region around the sample filled with the particle-like filler; and a spacer ring that is provided between a bottom side of the dead volume reducing rod and an upper surface side of the sample-side region and has lower thermal conductivity than the particle-like filler.

5. The adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a reflection plate that adheres to the bottom side of the dead volume reducing rod to reflect radiant heat from the sample-side region and the dead volume reducing rod.

6. The adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting portion is a joint that is used such that metal surfaces are airtightly held by being abutted against each other.

7. The adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the film formed body is formed with a film having pores of different diameters, ranging from micropores to macropores, on a surface of a tubular support body, and

wherein the formed body has pores of different diameters ranging from micropores to macropores.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2017
From: MICROTRACBEL CORP
To: MICROTRACBEL CORP.
Reel/Frame 041846/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2015
From: MATSUKATA, MASAHIKO; NAKAI, KAZUYUKI; YOSHIDA, MASAYUKI
To: WASEDA UNIVERSITY; MICROTRACBEL CORP.
Reel/Frame 037039/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-188290 · Sep 16, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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