Eur. Phys. J. E (2004) 15: 3-8
https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2004-10030-4

Statistical interpretation of the kinetic equation in the adsorption problem

¹ Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo, 5790 - 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
² Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico and INFM, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

^* e-mail: giovanni.barbero@polito.it

Abstract

A statistical interpretation for the adsorption phenomenon is presented in the framework of the Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics. A model for an adsorbing surface is proposed and the connection between the phenomenological parameters, entering in the kinetic equation at the boundary surfaces, with the microscopic model is derived.