Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 188
an-tity of gas absorbed is not entirely dependent on thephysical conditions of the solid body ; it is influencedin some measure by the chemical nature both of thesolid and the gas. Boxwood charcoal has very greatabsorptive power. The following table gives thevolumes of gas, under standard… … Fig. 171. -194] Occlusion of Gases. 171 Charcoal Meerschaur Sulphuretted hydr ogen . 55 II Carbonic acid 35 5-3 Carbonic oxide 9-4 1-2 Oxygen 9-2 1-5 Nitrogen 7-5 1-6 Hydrogen 175 0-5 The absorption of gases is in general greatest in the case of those which aremost easily liquefied. Cocoa-nut…
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