Probability density function for adsorption energies over time on heterogeneous surfaces by inverse gas chromatography

The inverse gas chromatographic method of reversed-flow gas chromatography is extended to the measurement of the probability density function f(epsilo n) for the adsorption energies on heterogeneous surfaces, as a function of the experimental time. The values of f(epsilon) are not found from the solu tion of an integral equation, but by their direct calculation from experime ntal data in a very simple way. The method is applied to the adsorption of (CH3)(2)S on CaCO3 and CaCO3 + C, in the presence and in the absence of NO2 , at two temperatures around 303 and 323 K. The kinetic physicochemical par ameters for the adsorption/desorption phenomena are also calculated for the above systems. The normalization of the f(epsilon) found, with respect to time, is easily done.