CaCO
3 prepared by grinding limestone was outgassed at various temperatures under a reduced pressure (10
-5 mmHg) for 6-15 hours. The surface area of CaCO
3 and adsorbed amount of water vapor on it at 15°C were measured.
From the V-t plots of nitrogen adsorption on CaCO
3 heat-treated, it was found that CaCO
3 particles have micropores on their surfaces and their radii were 6Å in size. The water molecules caught strongly inside of these micropores got off entirely at about 180°C and the surface area of CaCO
3 increased with increasing the amount of the outgassed water molecules. However, the micropores disappeared gradually by sintering in microscale at above 180°C, then the value of the surface area decreased reversely with temperature rise. The water vapor affinity of CaCO
3 outgassed at 330°C was found to be considerably small. In this case, the regularity of ionic configuration on the surface will be enhanced by the sinter-ing. Therefore, it is considered that the water molecules are adsorbed with a regularly oriented structure on the sites, being distributed fixedly on the surface of CaCO
3 particle.
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