Chromatographic study of alkanes in silicalite: Equilibrium properties

Variations of perturbation chromatography were used to measure Henry's constants and equilibrium isotherms of various gases on silicalite. Three different adsorbent samples were analyzed (commercial powder and extruded pellets, and laboratory‐synthesized crystals), and no discernable differences among the measured parameters were noted. Henry's constants for the linear alkanes were determined from isobaric and nonisobaric chromatography experiments. They were correlated successfully with temperature and the number of carbon atoms per adsorbate molecule. Isotherms were measured from concentration pulse or tracer/concentration pulse chromatography techniques. The Flory‐Huggins version of the vacancy solution model was used to correlate pure gas isotherms and predict binary behavior successfully.