Investigations on an MFI/p-xylene system by timeresolved X-ray powder diffraction in two selected angular domains show that it is possible to derive kinetic and diffusion parameters describing a spontaneous desorption process. The corresponding value of the overall diffusion coefficient, calculated for the MFI,8p-xylen%) ~ MFI,4p-xylen%~ + 4p-xylene~g) reaction, is in the 0.4-0.6 x 10-lo cm 2 s-1 range. The desorption proceeds via a two-phased system. Accordingly, the only solid species involved in this desorption are the high-and low-coverage XYLII and XYLI phases, containing respectively eight and four p-xylene molecules per unit cell. Similar results are also observed for the MFI/benzene, toluene and pyridine systems, which all present high-coverage phases, with eight molecules per unit cell, desorbing via a twophased system.