Constants for a plate heightvelocity equation were determined for stationary phase supports, made by lyophilizing a mixture of inorganic salts, and Chromosorb P. This allowed a study of the effect of porosity and pore size distribution on the equation constants. The value of the obstructive factor, , in the longitudinal diffusion coefficient, B/, increased with increases in intraparticle void. This suggests that 7 is the sum of intraand interparticle contributions. The values of C/ decreased as the intraparticle void increased. This term should be a measure of resistance to mass transfer in the stagnant gas inside the particles, but it may also contain a contribution from the coupled eddy diffusion term. The values of C/, the