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What is Pore sizes?

Also known as: micropore · mesopore · macropore

Definition 23.17 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 23 — Inorganic Materials and Nanomaterials

By convention, micropores are narrower than 2 nm2\,\mathrm{nm}, mesopores between 2 and 50 nm50\,\mathrm{nm}, and macropores wider than 50 nm50\,\mathrm{nm}.

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