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Week - 1 |
Fundamental factors for designing adsorbent |
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Week - 2 |
Potential energy of adsorption and Heat of adsorption |
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Week - 3 |
Effects of adsorbate properties on adsorption (Polarizability (α), Dipol moment (µ) and quadrupole moment (Q)) |
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Week - 4 |
Basic considerations for sorbent design: Polarizability (α), Electronic charge (q) Week |
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Week - 5 |
Van der Waals radius (r), pore size and geometry, |
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Week - 6 |
Midterm-I |
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Week - 7 |
Adsorption behavior of natural zeolites |
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Week - 8 |
Structure and cations sites of natural zeolites |
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Week - 9 |
Natural zeolites and Moleculer Sieving Properties |
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Week - 10 |
Unique adsorption properties of natural zeolites |
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Week - 11 |
Interactions of adsorbate with cation site, charge and ionic radius |
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Week - 12 |
Adsorption applications of various gases on natural zeolites. |
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Week - 13 |
Adsorption applications of various gases on natural zeolites. |
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Week - 14 |
Homework/applications |