“…This effect is due to both the texture of the surface, i.e., the pore size and the pore size distribution, and the energetical heterogeneity of the surface, i.e., the polarity. A quintessence of the correlations documented in the literature (Bikerman, 1958;Clint et al, 1969;Findenegg and Everett, 1969;Kazmierczak et al, 1991;Matayo and Wightman, 1973;Melkus et al, 1987;Messow et al, 1990;Tsutsumi et al, 1993;Widyani and Wightman, 1982), supplemented by our own results, can be summarized as follows:…”