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A Study Of The Adsorption Of Some Atmospheric Gases On Soils Of The Willamette Valley River Basin, Thomas R. Quale
A Study Of The Adsorption Of Some Atmospheric Gases On Soils Of The Willamette Valley River Basin, Thomas R. Quale
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Recent work indicates that microorganisms present in soils can remove carbon monoxide from the atmosphere and as such constitutes a major sink. B.E.T. adsorption studies were carried out on representative soils from the Willamette Valley River Basin in order to determine their adsorptive characteristics for carbon monoxide and other gases. Attempts were made to isolate, through a non-soildestructive sterilization, the adsorptive characteristics of the soil microorganisms as well as of the test soil.
The carbon monoxide studies show physical adsorption equivalent to the coverage of a few per cent of the surface area at 25.0° and 76 cm-Hg. Adsorption studies …