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Table 1 Pore size and BET surface area of SBA-15-8, SBA-15-6, and SBA-15-4

From: Adsorption of copper (II) on mesoporous silica: the effect of nano-scale confinement

Material

Pore size (nm)

BET surface area (m2/g)

Pore volume (cm3/g)

% surface area from pores

–OH-density (–OH/nm2)

SBA-15-8

7.0 ± 0.3

661 ± 5

1.21 ± 0.03

89 ± 6

1.8 ± 0.2

SBA-15-6

5.2 ± 0.2

603 ± 16

0.87 ± 0.03

80 ± 5

1.9 ± 0.2

SBA-15-4

4.4 ± 0.1

580 ± 13

0.67 ± 0.04

75 ± 6

2.3 ± 0.2

  1. The BET surface areas were used to calculate the surface area normalized Cu adsorption