“…Figure ), at time t
where M is the response factor of the detector and g a proportionality constant (usually assumed unity for convenience) pertaining to the detector calibration. Measuring H experimentally as a function of t , one can construct the diffusion band , which in the case of adsorption of the gases CO, O 2 , and CO 2 on the Pt−Rh bimetallic catalysts is described by the equation
where
In the above equations, m is the injected amount of the adsorbate gases in mol, V̇ is the volumetric flow-rate of the carrier gas, k 1 and k - 1 are the rate constants for adsorption and desorption, respectively, k 2 is the first-order rate constant for a possible surface reaction, ε is the external porosity of the catalyst bed, V G and
are the gaseous volumes of empty sections L 1 and L 2 , respectively (cf. Figure ), and D 1 and D 2 are the diffusion coefficients of the adsorbate gases in the carrier gas helium at temperatures T 1 (in the column L 1 ) and T 2 (in the column L 2 filled with the catalyst bed), respectively.…”