A novel modified inverse gas chromatography (IGC) method has been developed to investigate the surface properties of solid materials. On the modified IGC system, the every adjusted retention time of miscellaneous probe molecules can be rapidly calculated within only one sample injection through wisely induction a capillary column and two detectors, i.e., flame ionization detector (FID) and thermal conductivity detector (TCD). In the system, the relative dead time can be acquired from FID detector while the retention time can be obtained from TCD detector simultaneously. The significant advantage of our design is that, experimental time is greatly saved compared to the traditional IGC. In addition, the new system is capable of distinguishing variety surface properties of porous materials. Two types of active carbon samples were tested, and the results showed that their thermodynamic parameters were quite different, indicating that the samples have opposite acidic/basic properties. The use of IGC would be an effective tool to evaluate the physiochemical data of solid materials.

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