Temperature_Programmed Desorption

(b) Analysis

TPD Signals, Process Order, and Coverage

Simple Arrhenius desorption kinetics (Polanyi-Wigner equation):

r = _ dQ / dt = v Qn exp(_ E / R T)

relates TPD signal to kinetic parameters E, v, n

For n=1:

Tdes indep. of Q

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