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The adsorption isotherm data of water vapor on containment concrete are Type VIII. The equilibrium adsorption data on all these adsorbents provided a single characteristic curve when correlated according to Polanyi's potential theory. Hysteresis was observed upon desorption for cesium chloride and containment concrete samples. The isosteric heats of adsorption were calculated at different loadings. The isosteric heats of adsorption illustrate that all the adsorbents provided energetically heterogeneous adsorption sites. 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