A vacuum set-up for fundamental studies of self- and transport diffusion in porous media

Abstract

Here, we propose experiments that emulate processes that occur in disordered mesoporous media, on a macroscopic scale, by using a special designed high-vacuum system and 3D-printed channels to investigate features of complex porous media, such as fractal pores [3]. This set-up allows us to validate Knudsen diffusion theory in complex geometries more directly than has ever been the case. Some preliminary results will be shared, including features of the vacuum set-up, and Knudsen diffusion results in channels of varying geometry, including channels with a 3D-printed fractal surface

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