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  <id>03908</id>
  <title>micropore volume</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - micropore volume</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.M03908</doi>
  <code>M03908</code>
  <status>current</status>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Conventionally measured by the volume of the adsorbed material which completely fills the micropores expressed in terms of bulk liquid at atmospheric pressure and at the temperature of measurement.</text>
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          <term>micropores</term>
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      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 1972, 31, 577. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry' on page 588 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197231040577)</item>
        <item>PAC, 1976, 46, 71. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II: Heterogeneous Catalysis' on page 76 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197646010071)</item>
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  <citation>Citation: 'micropore volume' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.M03908</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-07-24T14:49:11+00:00</accessed>
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