title: Determination of isotherms by gas-solid chromatography. Applications.
abstract: This literature review of the fundamental developments in gas-solid adsorption isotherms includes articles published from 1933 until now. Analytical and numerical methods used for calculating the adsorption energy distribution function, as a quantitative measure of surface heterogeneity, are included. Special attention is paid to inverse gas chromatography (IGC) and more precisely to a new version of IGC known as reversed-flow gas chromatography (RF-IGC or RF-GC). RF-GC is presented as a quick, precise and effective method to investigate physicochemical properties of different kinds of adsorbents, through adsorption isotherms and related energetic parameter determinations. Advantages of the RF-GC method over traditional chromatographic methods are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou St., 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece. roubanif@central.ntua.gr
authors.forename: Fani
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roubani-Kalantzopoulou
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics