Adsorption of gas on a surface follows Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The plot of log ⁡ x m versus log P gives a straight line with slope equal to 0 . 5 , then: ( x m is the mass of the gas adsorbed per gram of adsorbent)

adsorption is proportional to the square root of pressure.

adsorption is proportional to the square of pressure.

adsorption is proportional to the pressure.

adsorption is independent of pressure.

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Which of the following are correct for physical adsorption:

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Give two differences between physical adsorption and chemical adsorption.

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Write the difference between physical adsorption and chemical adsorption. (Any six points).

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The variation of physical adsorption with temperature is shown by

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Which of the following statements regarding the adsorption of gases on solid surface is FALSE?

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Which one of the following is not a property of physical adsorption?

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Physisorption of ą gas is spontaneous at

77 K

. The effect of increase in temperature on physisorption is

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Why does physisorption decrease with rise of temperature ?

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3 g

of activated charcoal was added to

50 mL

of acetic acid solution

(0.06 N)

in a flask. After an hour, it was filtered and the strength of the filtrate was found to be

0.042 N

. The amount of acetic acid adsorbed (per gram of charcoal) is:

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Which of the following Absorption-Temperature graphs represent the variation of physical adsorption with temperature?

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Which of the following is not true for physical adsorption?

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Given below are the critical temperatures of some of the gases:

Gas	Critical temperature $(K)$
$He$	$5.2$
${CH}_{4}$	$190$
${CO}_{2}$	$304.2$
${NH}_{3}$	$405.5$

The gas showing least adsorption on a definite amount of charcoal is

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What are different types of adsorption? Give any four differences between characteristics of these different types.

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Which one of the following is not true with regard to physisorption?

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The type of absorption is highly specific and takes place at high temperature with unimolecular layer is

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Match List I with List II

List I		List II
A	Physisorption	I	Single Layer Adsorption
B	Chemisorption	II	$20 - 40 kJ {mol}^{- 1}$
C	$N_{2} (g) + 3 H_{2} (g) \overset{Fe (s)}{⟶} 2 {NH}_{3} (g)$	III	Chromatography
D	Analytical Application or Adsorption	IV	Heterogeneous catalysis

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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What is an adsorption isotherm? Describe Freundlich adsorption isotherm.

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Adsorption of gas on a surface follows Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The plot of

\log \frac{x}{m}

versus

\log (P)

gives a straight line with slope equal to

0.5

, then:

(

\frac{x}{m}

is the mass of the gas adsorbed per gram of adsorbent)

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Why does physisorption decrease with increase of temperature?

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The extent of physical adsorption of a gas increases with

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The following graph is obtained for physisorption of a gas as a function of pressure at different temperatures.
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The correct order of the temperatures is:

Which of the following are correct for physical adsorption:

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