HorvathKawazoe
HorvathKawazoe refers to the Horvath–Kawazoe method, a pore-size analysis technique used in material science to estimate micropore size distributions from gas adsorption isotherms, most commonly nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. Developed by Horvath and Kawazoe in the mid-1990s, the method combines a geometric pore model with an energy-based criterion for adsorption to infer the distribution of micropore widths from adsorption data.
The approach treats micropores as narrow cylindrical (and sometimes slit-like) passages and computes the potential energy
Applications of the method include characterization of microporosity in activated carbons, carbon blacks, and other porous
Limitations and considerations: the method relies on simplifying assumptions about pore geometry and the interaction potential,
References: The original concept was introduced in a 1995 publication by Horvath and Kawazoe; subsequent literature