Determination of Heats of Adsorption of Hydrocarbons on a Synthetic Clay by Gas-Solid Chromatography Using a Wall Coated Open Tubular Column Approach

Abstract Heats of adsorption for a series of hydrocarbons on Laponite-RD clay were determined by two gas chromatographic methods. The first method was an extension of packed-column gas–solid chromatography. The second method employed a novel wall coated open tubular (WCOT) column that was prepared from clay aqueous suspensions. The two different methods of preparing chromatographic columns are discussed in this paper, and a comparison between the results obtained on the two systems is made. We conclude that the WCOT column method provides the same thermodynamic results as does the conventional packed-column method, while offering some definite improvements in the measurement process and data behavior.