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As the heating rate increases, the temperature at which the desorption rate is a maximum (peak temperature) increases, and the maximum rate of desorption increases. When plotted on a time scale, as the heating rate increases, the maximum rate of desorption occurs at shorter times. As the activation energy for desorption increases, the peak temperature increases. This is one of the most widely-used techniques for characterizing catalysts and porous materials and for studying catalytic mechanisms.

Mole balance:

,

where is the concentration of (mol/L), is time (s), at , is the saturation coverage (mol/L), is order of reaction, is a pre-exponential factor, is activation energy (kJ/mol), is the ideal gas constant (kJ/(mol K)) and is temperature (K).

Temperature-time relation:

,

where is the heating rate (K/s).

The screencast video at [1] shows how to use this Demonstration.

Reference

[1] Temperature-Programmed Desorption [Video]. (Jan 20, 2017) www.colorado.edu/learncheme/kinetics/TPD.xhtml.