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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Diffusion coefficients of water and cyclohexane in porous sol-gel glass ofaverage pore diameter 2.9 nm were obtained using a radioactive tracertechnique. This information was applied to calibrate the membrane in thediaphragm cell which was subsequently used to measure the diffusioncoefficients for cyclohexane, acetone, toluene, acetonitrile, andchloroform. Results for cyclohexane were compared with computer simulationof molecular motion of cyclohexane in a model cylindrical pore of diameter2.9 nm. Translational motion of polar liquids inside the pores was found tobe faster than that of neutral, not wetting solvents.