[Murka]

Anyone knows where to find that?

[Arkcon]

I'm not surprised, I can think of many ways why the "area" of an acid might come up, that is in no way a constant that applies to a chemical compound.  You will have to explain more about  what you mean.

[Murka]

I'm asked to determine the surface area of activated carbon by the formulae = Gamma(max)(Maximum mols per gram of activated carbon)*Avogadro's number*sigma(Specific surface area of the adsorbed molecule, which is Acetic acid)

I've calculated gamma max from the experimental data, but I'm not given the sigma, tried searching everywhere, including chemspider, scifinder, google scholar, etc'...no luck so far...

[Corribus]

I'm not sure how a single molecule has a surface area.  Best as far as I can see is to determined hydrodynamic volume as a sphere and calculate surface are of that.  But I'm not sure.

[Murka]

I've been told off the record that the data is found in a book called "Physical Chemistry of Surfaces" 6th edition...can anyone find me the value?

[curiouscat]

I'm not sure how a single molecule has a surface area.  Best as far as I can see is to determined hydrodynamic volume as a sphere and calculate surface are of that.  But I'm not sure.

One context I've heard it in is for adsorption studies. To calculate how many monolayers you have from dosing to equilibrium.

Mostly heard it for He, N2 etc.